isolated from Fasciola gigantica that on nucleotide sequencing showed a close homology
(98.9%) with Cu/Zn–superoxide dismutase (SOD) of the temperate liver fluke, F. hepatica.
Expression of the gene was found in all the three developmental stages of the parasite viz.
adult, newly excysted juvenile and metacercaria at transcriptional level by reverse
transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and at the protein level by Western …