Cloning and expression of a cysteine proteinase gene from Paragonimus westermani adult worms

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 333-339

  Kim, Tong Soo ^a   Na, Byoung Kuk ^a,b   Park, Po Hyun ^a,b   Song, Kyoung Ju ^a,b   Hontzeast, Nicolas ^a,c   Song, Chul Yong ^a,b  

^a Korea National Institute of Health   (South Korea)

^b Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PARAGONIMIASIS; PARAGONIMUS WESTERMANI; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ANIMALIA; CESTODA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; INVERTEBRATA; PARAGONIMUS WESTERMANI;

EID: 0034127514     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/0022-3395(2000)086[0333:caeoac]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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