Proteases from Trypanosoma brucei brucei: Purification, characterisation and interactions with host regulatory molecules

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 238, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 728-736

  Troeberg, Linda ^a   Pike, Robert N ^a   Morty, Rory E ^a   Berry, Ronald K ^a   Coetzer, Theresa H T ^a   Lonsdale Eccles, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

cystatin; cysteine proteinase; oligopeptidase; Trypanosoma brucei

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 MACROGLOBULIN; CYSTATIN C; NATRIURETIC FACTOR; NEUROTENSIN; PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME CHEMISTRY; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAT; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

MAMMALIA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

EID: 0030017685     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.0728w.x     Document Type: Article

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