Characterisation of Tc-cpl-1, a cathepsin L-like cysteine protease from Toxocara canis infective larvae.

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Published in Mol Biochem Parasitol on May 01, 1998

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A Loukas1, P M Selzer, R M Maizels

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1: Institute of Cell, Animal and Population Biology, University of Edinburgh, UK. Alex.Loukas@ed.ac.uk

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