Serine protease activities in Oxysarcodexia thornax (Walker) (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) first instar larva

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 504-506

  Cuervo, Patrícia ^a   Mesquita Rodrigues, Camila ^a   Levy, Claudia Masini D'Avila ^a   Britto, Constança ^a   Pires, Fabiano Araújo ^a   Gredilha, Rodrigo ^a   Alves, Carlos Roberto ^a   De Jesus, Jose Batista ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO JOÃO DEL REI   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chymotrypsin like serine proteases; Oxysarcodexia thornax; Sarcophagidae

Indexed keywords

DIPTERA; OXYSARCODEXIA; SARCOPHAGIDAE;

EID: 50449083641     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762008000500018     Document Type: Article

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