Anti-oxidant enzymes in Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts

Parasitology

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-17

  Entrala, E ^a   Mascaro, C ^a   Barrett, J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UWA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anti oxidant enzymes; Cryptosporidium parvum; SOD

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ENZYME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CATALASE; CATTLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; FECES; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NADH, NADPH OXIDOREDUCTASES; PEROXIDASES; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 0031015645     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182096008037     Document Type: Article

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