Fasciola gigantica: Purification and characterization of a leucine aminopeptidase

Journal of Applied Sciences Research

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 905-913

  Mohamed, Saleh A ^a,b   El Badry, Mohamed O ^b   Hamdy, Soha M ^c   Abdel Ghany, Somia S ^b   Salah, Hala A ^b   Fahmy, Afaf S ^b  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^c Fayoum University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Fasciola gigantica; Leucine aminopeptidase; Properties; Protease inhibitors; Purification

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350092589     PISSN: 1816157X     EISSN: 1819544X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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