Fasciola hepatica: Irradiation-induced alterations in carbohydrate and cathepsin-B protease expression in newly excysted juvenile liver fluke

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 202-215

  Creaney, Jenette ^a,d   Wilson, Lachlan ^b,d   Dosen, Marina ^d   Mark Sandeman, R ^c   Spithill, Terry W ^a,d   Parsons, Jim C ^d  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d VIC INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

carbohydrate; Fasciola hepatica; irradiation attenuated; trematode

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CATHEPSIN B; CONCANAVALIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LIVE VACCINE; PROTEINASE; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; GAMMA IRRADIATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST RESISTANCE; INFESTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALIA; FASCIOLA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; HEPATICA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PARALICHTHYS DENTATUS; TREMATODA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0030198799     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1996.0067     Document Type: Article

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