Exoantigens from Trypanosoma cruzi contain cruzipain

Acta Tropica

Volumn 63, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 141-149

  Gruppi, Adriana ^a   Cerbán, Fabio M ^a   Vottero Cima, Elsa ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Chagas' disease; cruzipain; cysteine proteinase; exoantigens; Trypanosoma cruzi; trypomastigote

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CRUZIPAIN; ECTOANTIGEN; PARASITE ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHAGAS DISEASE; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOSORBENT TECHNIQUES; MICE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0030972284     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(96)00616-X     Document Type: Article

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