Onchocerca fasciata: Histochemical demonstration of succinate and NADH dehydrogenase

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 47-51

  Omar, M S ^a   Raoof, A M S ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 DIMETHYLAMINOAZOBENZENE; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; NITROBLUE TETRAZOLIUM; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; CUTICLE; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GENITAL SYSTEM; HISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA; PHOSPHORYLATION; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

EID: 0030007167     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022149x00015121     Document Type: Article

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