Biochemical comparison of the serine protease (elastase) activities in cercarial secretions from Trichobilharzia ocellata and Schistosoma mansoni

Parasitology Research

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 495-500

  Bahgat, M ^a,b   Ruppel, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPAIN; APROTININ; BENZYLSULFONYL FLUORIDE; EDETIC ACID; ELASTASE; GELATIN; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; TRYPTASE; HELMINTH PROTEIN; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIRD; CERCARIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME RELEASE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINASE INHIBITION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TRICHOLBILHARZIA OCELLATA; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; METABOLISM; SCHISTOSOMA; SECRETION;

ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMATIDAE; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; ANIMALS; HUMANS;

AVES; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TREMATODA; TRICHOBILHARZIA; TRICHOBILHARZIA OCELLATA;

EID: 0036022149     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-002-0597-4     Document Type: Article

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