Serine protease and phenoloxidase activities in hemocytes of Biomphalaria glabrata snails with varying susceptibility to infection with the parasite Schistosoma mansoni

Parasitology Research

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 489-494

  Bahgat, M ^a,c   Doenhoff, M ^b   Kirschfink, M ^a   Ruppel, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPAIN; APROTININ; BENZYLSULFONYL FLUORIDE; EDETIC ACID; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; SERINE PROTEINASE; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

ALKALINITY; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA; BLOOD CELL; CELL LYSATE; CELL PH; CERCARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINASE INHIBITION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; ANIMAL; BIOMPHALARIA; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENZYMOLOGY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LIFE CYCLE; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PH; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ANIMAL; BIOMPHALARIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HEMOCYTES; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; ANIMALS;

ANIMALIA; BIOMPHALARIA; BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA; GASTROPODA; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TREMATODA;

EID: 0036022150     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-002-0595-6     Document Type: Article

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