Species-specific proteins identified in Ascaris lumbricoides and Ascaris suum using two-dimensional electrophoresis

Wossene Abebe1, Naotoshi Tsuji, Harue Kasuga-Aoki

  • 1Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Animal Health, National Agricultural Research Organization, 3-1-5 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0856, Japan.

Parasitology Research
|August 13, 2002
PubMed

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