Aspartic protease activities of schistosomes cleave mammalian hemoglobins in a host-specific manner

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 83-85

  Koehler, Jeffrey W ^a   Morales, Maria E ^a   Shelby, Bryan D ^a   Brindley, Paul J ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspartic protease; Cathepsin D; Hemoglobin; Host range; Host specificity; Schistosome

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE; EQUIDAE; MAMMALIA; OVIS ARIES; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; VERMES;

EID: 33847154277     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762007000100014     Document Type: Article

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