Production of anti-peptide antibodies against trypanopain-Tb from Trypanosoma brucei brucei: Effects of antibodies on enzyme activity against Z-Phe-Arg-AMC

Immunopharmacology

Volumn 36, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 295-303

  Troeberg, Linda ^a   Pike, Robert N ^a,b   Lonsdale Eccles, John D ^a,c   Coetzer, Theresa H T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti peptide antibodies; Trypanopain; Trypanosoma brucei brucei

Indexed keywords

ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; CHICKEN; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODY FORMATION; BINDING SITES; CHICKENS; COUMARINS; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; DIPEPTIDES; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; RABBITS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

EID: 0030814769     PISSN: 01623109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0162-3109(97)00034-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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