Cloning of peroxiredoxin, a novel antioxidant enzyme, from the helminth parasite Fasciola hepatica

Parasitology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 101-104

  McGonigle, S ^a   Curley, G P ^a   Dalton, J P ^a  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Fasciola hepatica; Peroxiredoxin; Thiol specific antioxidant; Trematode

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; RNA;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA LIBRARY; EFFECTOR CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; HELMINTHIASIS; LIVER DISEASE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREMATODIASIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, HELMINTH; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; GENES, HELMINTH; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEROXIDASES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

FASCIOLA HEPATICA; HEPATICA; TREMATODA; VERMES;

EID: 0030742427     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182097001170     Document Type: Article

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