A primitive enzyme for a primitive cell: The protease required for excystation of Giardia

Cell

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 437-444

  Ward, Wendy ^a   Alvarado, Lilia ^a,b   Rawlings, Neil D ^c   Engel, Juan C ^a   Franklin, Christopher ^a   McKerrow, James H ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^c BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHEPSIN B; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; DNA;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GIARDIA MURIS; GIARDIASIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHOZOITE;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; GIARDIA; GIARDIA MURIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0030952807     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80224-X     Document Type: Article

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