Transglutaminase activity in equine strongyles and its potential role in growth and development

Parasite

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 131-139

  Rao, U R ^b,d   Chapman, M R ^a   Singh, R N ^c   Mehta, K ^c   Klei, T R ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cystamine (CS); Equine; Growth; Inhibitors; L3; L4; Molting; Monodansylcadaverine (MDC); Strongyles; Transglutaminase

Indexed keywords

CYLICOCYCLUS INSIGNE; EQUIDAE; NEMATODA; PARASCARIS EQUORUM; STRONGYLES; STRONGYLUS EDENTATUS; STRONGYLUS EQUINUS; STRONGYLUS VULGARIS;

CADAVERINE; CYSTAMINE; DANSYLCADAVERINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; INTESTINE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; LIFE CYCLE; MALE; METABOLISM; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; STRONGYLOIDEA;

ANIMALS; CADAVERINE; CYSTAMINE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INTESTINES; KINETICS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; STRONGYLUS; TRANSGLUTAMINASES;

EID: 0033146865     PISSN: 1252607X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/parasite/1999062131     Document Type: Article

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