Nippostrongylus brasiliensis: Characterisation of a somatic amphiphilic acetylcholinesterase with properties distinct from the secreted enzymes

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 144-150

  Hussein, Ayman S ^a   Grigg, Michael E ^a   Selkirk, Murray E ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; AChE; Nematode; Nippostrongylus brasiliensis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME CHEMISTRY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME RELEASE; NIPPOSTRONGYLUS BRASILIENSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

NIPPOSTRONGYLUS BRASILIENSIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032806017     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1998.4360     Document Type: Article

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