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Glutathione transferase in helminths

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

P. M. Brophy and
J. Barrett
P. M. Brophy
Affiliation:
Departmen of Biological Sciences, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, Dyfed SY23 3DA, Wales
J. Barrett
Affiliation:
Departmen of Biological Sciences, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, Dyfed SY23 3DA, Wales
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glutathione transferasehelminthlipid peroxidationanthelmintic

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Parasitology , Volume 100 , Issue 2 , April 1990, pp. 345 - 349
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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