Schistosoma mansoni: Identification of a possible daughter sporocyst alkaline phosphatase

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 101, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 164-167

  Ballen, Diana ^a   Théron, André ^b   Pointier, Jean Pierre ^b   Coustau, Christine ^b   Cesari, Italo M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; BIOMPHALARIA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 0036628444     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-4894(02)00104-2     Document Type: Article

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