Proteolytic activity of the adult worm extracts of Onchocerca volvulus;Activité protéolytique de l'extrait de vers adultes de l'Onchocerca volvulus

Bulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 9-12

  Lando, G ^a   Simo, G ^a   Tatchum, G ^a   Donfack, J ^a   Djoha, S ^a   Tume, C ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Activity; Enzyme; Inhibitor; Onchocerca volvulus; Protease; Substrate

Indexed keywords

ALBUMINOID; AZOALBUMIN; COLLAGEN; ELASTIN; PROTEINASE; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; PH;

ALBUMINS; ANIMALS; COLLAGEN; ELASTIN; ENDOPEPTIDASES; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033073789     PISSN: 00379085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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