Preliminary characterisation of an Onchocerca volvulus aspartic protease

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1087-1090

  Jolodar, Abbas ^a   Miller, David J ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC PROTEINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; LYSOSOME; NONHUMAN; NOTE; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS;

ANIMALIA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS;

EID: 0030821517     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(97)00069-6     Document Type: Article

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