Proteolytic activity in the adult and larval stages of the human roundworm parasite Angiostrongylus costaricensis

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 752-759

  Rebello, Karina Mastropasqua ^a,b   de Siqueira, Caroline Reis ^a,b   Ribeiro, Erika Louise ^a,b   Valente, Richard Hemmi ^a,b   Mota, Ester Maria ^a   Perales, Jonas ^a,b   Neves Ferreira, Ana Gisele da Costa ^a,b   Lenzi, Henrique Leonel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa no Estado do Rio de Janeiro   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Angiostrongylus costaricensis; Aspartic proteases; Haemoglobin; Metalloproteases; Zymography

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; FECES; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SIGMODONTINAE;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANIMALS; FECES; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; PROTEOLYSIS; SIGMODONTINAE;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS COSTARICENSIS; BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA; MOLLUSCA; NEMATODA; RODENTIA; SIGMODON; SIGMODON HISPIDUS; VERMES;

EID: 84867017899     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762012000600008     Document Type: Article

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