Characterization of Protease(s) in Adults of Trichuris globulosa (Nematoda: Trichuridae)

Journal of Veterinary Medicine, Series B

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 311-317

  Kocher, D K ^a   Sood, M L ^a  

^a PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEMATODA; TRICHURIDAE; TRICHURIS;

PROTEINASE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; COLON; CYTOSOL; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GOAT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; SECRETION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TRICHURIS;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; COLON; CYTOSOL; ENDOPEPTIDASES; FEMALE; GOATS; KINETICS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TRICHURIS;

EID: 0032087937     PISSN: 09311793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0450.1998.tb00799.x     Document Type: Article

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