Chitinolytic activities in Trichomonas vaginalis

Parasite

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 75-78

  Sanon, A ^a   Bories, C ^a   Loiseau, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Chitinolytic activity; Chitobiosidase; Chitotriosidase; Trichomonas vaginalis; N acetylhexosaminidase

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOA; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

1,4 BETA CHITOBIOSIDASE; 1,4-BETA-CHITOBIOSIDASE; BETA N ACETYLHEXOSAMINIDASE; CHITIN; CHITINASE; CHITOTRIOSIDASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PH; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

ANIMALS; BETA-N-ACETYLHEXOSAMINIDASE; CHITIN; CHITINASE; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; HEAT; HEXOSAMINIDASES; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINITIS;

EID: 0032015121     PISSN: 1252607X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/parasite/1998051075     Document Type: Article

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