The major excretory/secretory protease from Lucilia cuprina larvae is also a gut digestive protease

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 623-628

  Casu, Rosanne E ^a   Eisemann, Craig H ^a   Vuocolo, Tony ^a   Tellam, Ross L ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardia; Chymotrypsin; ES; Expression; Gut; LCTb; Lucilia cuprina; Protease

Indexed keywords

CHYMOTRYPSIN; PROTEINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCRETION; FLY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INTESTINE; LARVA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SECRETION; SHEEP; SKIN;

ANIMALIA; LUCILIA CUPRINA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0030175047     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0020-7519(96)00035-5     Document Type: Article

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