Use of inhibitors to identify essential cysteine proteinases of Trichomonas vaginalis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-50

  Irvine, Joseph W ^a   North, Michael J ^b   Coombs, Graham H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cysteine proteinase; E 64; Peptidyl acyloxymethyl ketone; Trichomonads; Trichomonas vaginalis

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; N [N (3 CARBOXYOXIRANE 2 CARBONYL)LEUCYL]AGMATINE; PEPTIDYLDIAZOMETHYL KETONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESEARCH; ENZYME INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS;

ANIMALS; BIOTIN; CELL DIVISION; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EID: 0030966043     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00052-9     Document Type: Article

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