Molecular cloning, expression and characterization of a recombinant glutathione S-transferase from Echinococcus multilocularis

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 49-56

  Liebau, Eva ^a   Müller, Volker ^b   Lucius, Richard ^b   Walter, Rolf D ^a   Henkle Dührsen, Kimberly ^a  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cestode; Echinococcus multilocularis; Glutathione S transferase

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; CESTODA; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0343586528     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-6851(96)02578-9     Document Type: Article

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