Characterization of the Proteins Present in the Mucus of the Flatworm Artioposthia triangulata (Dendy)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 293-298

  McGee, C ^a   Wisdom, G B ^a   Fairweather, I ^a   Blackshaw, R P ^b   McIlroy, J ^a   Walker, B ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Api Zym; Artioposthia triangulata; Electrophoresis; Mucus; Platyhelminthes; Predatory flatworm; Proteins; Turbellaria

Indexed keywords

ARYL ACYLAMIDASE; ESTERASE; PROTEINASE; SERINE PROTEINASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MUCUS; NONHUMAN; PLATYHELMINTH; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

ARTHURDENDYUS TRIANGULATUS; ARTIOPOSTHIA; PLATYHELMINTHES; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 0031942174     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(97)00328-3     Document Type: Article

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