Echinococcus granulosus: Cloning of a thioredoxin peroxidase

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 298-301

  Salinas, G ^a   Fernandez V ^a   Fernandez C ^a   Selkirk, M E ^b  

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

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cestode; Echinococcus; Hydrogen peroxide metabolism; Peroxiredoxin; Thioredoxin peroxidase

Indexed keywords

PEROXIDASE; THIOREDOXIN;

ARTICLE; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CESTODA; ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS;

EID: 0032211284     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1998.4339     Document Type: Article

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