Ubiquity of cysteine- and metalloproteinase activities in a wide range of trypanosomatids

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 131-135

  Branquinha, Marta H ^a   Vermelho, Alane B ^a   Goldenberg, Samuel ^b   Bonaldo, Myrna C ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Gelatin SDS PAGE; Trypanosomatidae

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; METALLOPROTEINASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; FLAGELLATE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMATINA;

EID: 0030096668     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1996.tb04493.x     Document Type: Article

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