Molecular cloning, expression and enzymatic activity of a thioredoxin peroxidase from Dirofilaria immitis

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 297-306

  Klimowski, Laura ^a   Chandrashekar, Ramaswamy ^a   Tripp, Cindy A ^a  

^a HESKA CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Dirofilaria immitis; Metal catalyzed oxidation; Nematode; Thioredoxin peroxidase

Indexed keywords

PEROXIDASE; THIOREDOXIN PEROXIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DNA LIBRARY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DNA; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DOGS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, HELMINTH; HELMINTH PROTEINS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PEROXIDASES; PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0031435939     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(97)00167-9     Document Type: Article

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