Fasciola hepatica cathepsin L1 from a Turkish isolate is related to Asiatic isolates

Acta Parasitologica

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 244-248

  Kuk, Salih ^a   Kaplan, Mustafa ^a   Ozdarendeli, Aykut ^a   Tonbak, Sukru ^a   Felek, Suleyman ^a   Kalkan, Ahmet ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cathepsin L1; Cloning; Fasciola hepatica; Phylogenetic analysis; Sequencing

Indexed keywords

FASCIOLA HEPATICA;

EID: 26844500617     PISSN: 12302821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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