The specificity of trichomonad cysteine proteinases analysed using fluorogenic substrates and specific inhibitors

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 183-193

  North, Michael J ^a   Robertson, Colin D ^b   Coombs, Graham H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

E 64; Peptidyl aminomethylcoumarin; Peptidyl diazomethane; Proteinase; Trichomonas vaginalis; Tritrichomonas foetus

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; TRICHOMONAS FOETUS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

ANIMAL; COUMARINS; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRITRICHOMONAS;

ANIMALIA; PROTOZOA; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

EID: 0025101142     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-6851(90)90057-S     Document Type: Article

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