Toxocara canis: Proteinases in perivitelline fluid from hatching eggs

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 147, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 332-335

  González Páez, Gonzalo Ernesto ^a   Argüello García, Raúl ^b   Alba Hurtado, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Egg perivitelline fluid; Hatching enzymes; Nematode; Proteinases; Toxocara canis

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; EGG YOLK; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME RELEASE; HATCHING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PH; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; TOXOCARA CANIS;

ANIMALS; HELMINTH PROTEINS; OVUM; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; TOXOCARA CANIS;

TOXOCARA CANIS;

EID: 34250332274     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.03.036     Document Type: Article

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