Trichomonas vaginalis: Detection of nucleoside hydrolase activity as a potential screening procedure

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 125-128

  Gero, Annette M ^a   Kang, Edward W ^a   Harvey, Jo E ^b   Schofield, Philip J ^a   Clinch, Keith ^b   Furneaux, Richard H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b CALLAGHAN INNOVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOSIDASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EID: 0033998641     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1999.4484     Document Type: Article

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