Purification and characterisation of an extracellularly released protease of Trypanosoma brucei

Parasitology Research

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 424-428

  Okenu, Daniel M N ^a   Opara, Kenneth N ^b   Nwuba, Roseangela I ^c   Nwagwu, Mark ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UYO   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL VIABILITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME RELEASE; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; TARGET CELL; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 0032893650     PISSN: 00443255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004360050571     Document Type: Article

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