Proteolytic enzymes in the blood-feeding parasitic copepod, Phrixocephalus cincinnatus

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 6-12

  Perkins, Penny S ^a,b   Haley, Dan ^a   Rosenblatt, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; COPEPOD; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEINASE INHIBITION;

ANIMALS; CRUSTACEA; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EYE INFECTIONS, PARASITIC; FISH DISEASES; FLOUNDER; FLUORESCENT DYES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PEPTIDES; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

COPEPODA; MAMMALIA; PHRIXOCEPHALUS CINCINNATUS;

EID: 0030944555     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284309     Document Type: Article

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