Protease activity associated with excystation of Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 889-892

  Forney, John R ^b   Yang, Shiguang ^b   Healey, Mark C ^b  

^a Department of Mathematics and Statistics   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APROTININ; AZOCASEIN; BENZYLSULFONYL FLUORIDE; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; DYFLOS; N [N (3 CARBOXYOXIRANE 2 CARBONYL)LEUCYL]AGMATINE; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; INCUBATION TIME; INHIBITION KINETICS; OOCYST; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEINASE INHIBITION;

ALPHA 1-ANTITRYPSIN; ANIMALS; APROTININ; CASEINS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ENDOPEPTIDASES; HYDROLYSIS; ISOFLUROPHATE; LEUCINE; PHENYLMETHYLSULFONYL FLUORIDE; PROTEASE INHIBITORS;

EID: 0030479326     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284194     Document Type: Article

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