Vintage helminths yield valuable molecules

Parasitology Today

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 289-292

  Herniou, E A ^a   Pearce, A C ^b   Littlewood, D T J ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ASCARIS SUUM; DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM LATUM; DNA DETERMINATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; REVIEW;

ASCARIS SUUM; CESTODA; DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM LATUM; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA; VERMES;

EID: 0032126656     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4758(98)01266-6     Document Type: Article

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