Stage-regulated expression of cruzipain, the major cysteine protease of Trypanosoma cruzi is independent of the level of RNA

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 91-103

  Tomás, Ana M ^a   Kelly, John M ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cysteine protease; expression; gene organisation; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

CRUZIPAIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSLATION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0029978872     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-6851(95)02545-6     Document Type: Article

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