Characterisation of proteases involved in egg hatching of the sheep blowfly, Lucilia cuprina

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 925-932

  Young, Anna R ^a   Mancuso, Nunzio ^a   Meeusen, Els N T ^a   Bowles, Vern M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Egg hatch; Lucilia cuprina; Protease inhibitors; Proteases; Secreted products

Indexed keywords

4 (2 AMINOETHYL)BENZENESULFONYL FLUORIDE; BENZYLSULFONYL FLUORIDE; BESTATIN; DITHIOTHREITOL; EDETIC ACID; ELASTATINAL; METALLOPROTEINASE; N [N (3 CARBOXYOXIRANE 2 CARBONYL)LEUCYL]AGMATINE; PEPSTATIN; PHENANTHROLINE; PHOSPHORAMIDON; PROTEINASE; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME INHIBITION; HATCHING; IN VITRO STUDY; PARASITE; PH; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; ENDOPEPTIDASES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PROTEASE INHIBITORS;

LUCILIA CUPRINA; LUCILIA SERICATA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0034600752     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(00)00073-4     Document Type: Article

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