Cloning and characterization of glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) from the gut of Haemonchus contortus

Parasitology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 297-304

  Skuce, P J ^a   Stewart, E M ^a   Smith, W D ^a   Knox, D P ^a  

^a MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glutamate dehydrogenase; Haemonchus contortus; Polymerase chain reaction; Thiol binding proteins; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CYTOPLASM; DNA LIBRARY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; INTESTINE; LAMB; LIFE CYCLE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033032071     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182098003850     Document Type: Article

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