Proteinases secreted by Fasciola hepatica: Time course of the inhibitory effect of serum from experimentally infected rabbits demonstrated by gelatin-substrate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 333-338

  Piacenza, L ^a   Acosta, D ^a   Dowd, A ^b   McGonicle, S ^b   Dalton, J ^b   Carmona, C ^a  

^a Universidad de la Republica Instituto de Higiene   (Uruguay)

^b DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHEPSIN L; GELATIN; PROTEINASE; TRICLABENDAZOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME RELEASE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RABBIT; SERUM;

ANIMALIA; FASCIOLA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; HEPATICA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; TREMATODA;

EID: 0031440940     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022149x00016151     Document Type: Article

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