Identification of an asparagine amidohydrolase from the filarial parasite Dirofilaria immitis

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1451-1455

  Tsuji, Naotoshi ^a   Morales, Tony H ^a   Ozols, Victor V ^a   Carmody, Aaron B ^a   Chandrashekar, Ramaswamy ^a  

^a HESKA CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Asparaginase; Asparagine amidohydrolase; Cuticle; Dirofilaria immitis; Filaria; Nematode

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CUTICLE; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; ENZYME MECHANISM; LARVA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ASPARAGINASE; ASPARAGINE; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELMINTH PROTEINS; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FILARIA; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0032753944     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(99)00087-9     Document Type: Article

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