Schistosomes and serpins: A complex business

Parasitology Today

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 119-121

  Modha, Jay ^b   Roberts, M Clare ^b   Kusel, John R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMA;

EID: 0030039575     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-4758(96)80672-7     Document Type: Article

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