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In vitro acetylcholinesterase secretion by male or female Heligmosomoides polygyrus
1Station de Pathologie Aviaire, Unité d'Helminthologie, INRA Tours-Nouzilly, Monnaie, France.
Abstract:
Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) secreted in vitro by adult male and female Heligmosomoides polygyrus were assayed over a 4-day period using a micro-method. The rate of AChE secretion by 1, 2 or 4 worms was approximately linear, and three times higher for male worms than for female worms.