The in vitro uptake and incorporation of hemoglobin by adult Haemonchus contortus

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 69, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 77-87

  Fetterer, R H ^a   Rhoads, M L ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cathepsin L like; Cysteine protease; Digestion; Excretory secretory; Nematode

Indexed keywords

BENZENE DERIVATIVE; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; HEMOGLOBIN; LEUCINE; PEPSTATIN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITOR; PUROMYCIN; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL LYSATE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ISOTOPE LABELING; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RADIOACTIVITY; RETICULOCYTE; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; DIPEPTIDES; HAEMONCHUS; HEMOGLOBINS; KETONES; PEPSTATINS; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; PUROMYCIN; SULFONES;

ANIMALIA; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0030997936     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(96)01109-0     Document Type: Article

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