Carbohydrate detection and lectin isolation from tegumental tissue of Fasciola hepatica

Iranian Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 20-24

  Farahnak, A ^a   Golmohamadi, T ^b   Molaei Rad, M B ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate; Fasciola hepatica; Lectin; Pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; LECTIN; MANNOSE;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IRAN; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; WORM TEGUMENT;

FASCIOLA HEPATICA; LENS CULINARIS; VERMES;

EID: 77749336466     PISSN: 17357020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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