Comparison of cysteine peptidase activities in Trichobilharzia regenti and Schistosoma mansoni cercariae

Abstract

Cysteine and serine peptidase activities have been characterized in cercariae of two schistosomatid trematodes

Keywords

• Trichobilharzia
• Schistosoma
• cercaria
• cysteine peptidase
• protease
• penetration
• DCG-04
• cathepsin-b
• bird schistosomes
• serine-protease
• human skin
• invasion
• purification
• japonicum
• identification
• secretions
• elastase