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Fasciola hepatica and Dicrocoelium dendriticum: isoenzyme patterns of malate dehydrogenase and malic enzyme. 1988

P Leon-Ortega, and M Monteoliva, and M Sanchez-Moreno

Sección de Bioquímica del Instituto Lopez-Neyra de Granada, C.S.I.C., Spain.

The MDH isoenzymes and ME isoenzymes (EC.1.1.1.39) in two helminth parasites, F. hepatica and D. dendriticum, obtained from two host species (Capra hircus and Ovis aries), were studied by electrophoresis on polyacrylamide gels. F. hepatica MDH showed three isoenzymatic bands; D. dendriticum MDH, only two. No difference was noted between the enzyme profiles, or the densitometric scans in samples from specimens from different host species. F. hepatica ME presented three bands, that of D. dendriticum, only two. Only in F. hepatica were differences observed between the enzyme profiles of specimens obtained from the different host species.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007527	Isoenzymes	Structurally related forms of an enzyme. Each isoenzyme has the same mechanism and classification, but differs in its chemical, physical, or immunological characteristics.	Alloenzyme,Allozyme,Isoenzyme,Isozyme,Isozymes,Alloenzymes,Allozymes
D008291	Malate Dehydrogenase	An enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of (S)-malate and NAD+ to oxaloacetate and NADH. EC 1.1.1.37.	Malic Dehydrogenase,NAD-Malate Dehydrogenase,Dehydrogenase, Malate,Dehydrogenase, Malic,Dehydrogenase, NAD-Malate,NAD Malate Dehydrogenase
D003720	Densitometry	The measurement of the density of a material by measuring the amount of light or radiation passing through (or absorbed by) the material.	Densitometries
D004013	Dicrocoelium	A genus of trematode liver flukes of the family Dicrocoeliidae which includes the species dendriticum and hospes. It occurs in the biliary passages or liver of many vertebrates including man. The intermediate hosts are mainly mollusks but occasionally ants.	Dicrocoelium dendriticum,Dicrocoelium lanceolatum,Fasciola dendritica,Fasciola lanceolata,Dicrocoelium dendriticums,Dicrocoelium lanceolatums,Dicrocoeliums,Fasciola dendriticas,Fasciola lanceolatas,dendritica, Fasciola,dendriticums, Dicrocoelium,lanceolata, Fasciola,lanceolatums, Dicrocoelium
D004591	Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel	Electrophoresis in which a polyacrylamide gel is used as the diffusion medium.	Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis,SDS-PAGE,Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate-PAGE,Gel Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide,SDS PAGE,Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate PAGE,Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate-PAGEs
D005210	Fasciola hepatica	A species of helminth commonly called the sheep liver fluke. It occurs in the biliary passages, liver, and gallbladder during various stages of development. Snails and aquatic vegetation are the intermediate hosts. Occasionally seen in man, it is most common in sheep and cattle.	Liver Fluke,Fasciola hepaticas,Fluke, Liver,Flukes, Liver,Liver Flukes,hepatica, Fasciola
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia