Functional analysis of the cathepsin-like cysteine protease genes in adult Brugia malayi using RNA interference.

Cathepsin-like enzymes have been identified as potential targets for drug or vaccine development in many parasites, as their functions appear to be essential in a variety of important biological processes within the host, such as molting, cuticle remodeling, embryogenesis, feeding and immune evasion.Functional analysis of Caenorhabditis elegans cat

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Growth, exclusion and vulnerability: evaluation of the socio-spatial transformation of post-apartheid Pretoria-Tshwane (South Africa)

Apartheid left South African city regions with two major challenges: social integration at a city level and spatial integration at a regional level.The task to finds solutions to these problems was left to municipalities, the lowest level of the three trier government system introduced after 1994.This article critically evaluates the success of the

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