Haemonchus contortus: Inter- and intrageographic isolate heterogeneity of proteases in adult worm excretory-secretory products

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 89-91

  Karanu, Francis N ^a,b   Rurangirwa, Fred R ^a,c   McGuire, Travis C ^a   Jasmer, Douglas P ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c SR CRSP Animal Health Project   (Kenya)

Author keywords

ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA); excretory secretory products (ES); Haemonchus contortus; heterogeneity; L trans 3 carboxyoxiran 2 carbonyl L leucylagmatine (E 64); nematoda; phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride (PMSF); proteases

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; HELMINTH; IMMUNOREGULATION; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORM INFECTION;

HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; NEMATODA; VERMES;

EID: 0031148845     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1997.4158     Document Type: Article

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