Characterisation of a Trypanosoma cruzi acidic 30 kDa cysteine protease

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 1998, Pages

  Garcia, Mônica P ^a   Nóbrega, Otávio T ^a   Teixeira, Antônio R L ^a   Sousa, Marcelo V ^a   Santana, Jaime M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cathepsin B; Chagas disease; Cysteine protease; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

BENZYLSULFONYL FLUORIDE; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; CATHEPSIN B; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; EDETIC ACID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AGAROSE; COLLAGEN; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

BOVINAE; MAMMALIA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0032521443     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(97)00205-3     Document Type: Article

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