Glycolytic enzyme activities in Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 51-57

  Entrala, E ^a   Mascaro C ^a  

^a Instituto de Biotecnologia   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amylopectin; Cryptospyridium parvum; Glycolysis; Oocyst

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLASE; GLYCOLYTIC ENZYME; HEXOKINASE; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GLYCOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GLYCOLYSIS; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING;

CAPRA HIRCUS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 0030805124     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00136-5     Document Type: Article

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