Echinococcus granulosus tegumental enzymes as in vitro markers of pharmacological damage: A biochemical and molecular approach

Parasitology International

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 579-585

  Cumino, Andrea C ^a,b   Nicolao, M Celeste ^a,b   Loos, Julia A ^a,c   Denegri, Guillermo ^a,b   Elissondo, M Celina ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas ^*  (Argentina)

^c Centro Científico y Tecnológico Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Echinococcus granulosus; Gene expression; Hydatid disease; In vitro culture; Tegumental enzymes

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; METASCOLEX; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLEX; SUPERNATANT;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCIUM; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84865989212     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: 18730329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2012.05.007     Document Type: Article

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