An association between Schistosoma mansoni worms and an enzymatically-active protease/peptidase in mouse blood

Parasitology

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 467-472

  Darani, H Y ^a,b   Doenhoff, M J ^a,c  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SHAHREKORD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antigen; Esterase; Host; Immune evasion; Mouse; Naphthylamidase; Protease; Rat; Schistosoma mansoni; Schistosome; Serum

Indexed keywords

CHROMOGENIC SUBSTRATE; ESTERASE; N ACETYLPHENYLALANINE 2 NAPHTHYL ESTER; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; PEPTIDASE; PROTEINASE; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HOST; IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; MOLECULAR SIZE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; COUNTERIMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MICE; PHENYLALANINE; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

MAMMALIA; RATTUS; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 43249115396     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182007003988     Document Type: Article

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