Molecular cloning and expression of the gene encoding a cysteine proteinase of Spirometra erinacei

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 11-21

  Liu, Dian Wu ^a   Kato, Hisaharu ^a   Nakamura, Takeshi ^b   Sugane, Kazuo ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

cDNA; cysteine proteinase; genomic DNA; plerocercoid; Spirometra erinacei

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CESTODE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0343408483     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-6851(95)02522-7     Document Type: Article

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