Developing a rapid throughput screen for the nematicidal activity of plant cysteine proteinases

Plant cysteine proteinases (CPs) from papaya, pineapple, and some fig species are capable of killing parasitic nematode worms in vitro and also possess anthelmintic effects in vivo by a mechanism different to all commercially available synthetic anthelmintics. There exists, nonetheless, a vast repos...

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Main Author: Phiri, Andrew Malata
Published: University of Nottingham 2013
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.662196