Cloning and sequencing of tccb, a gene encoding a Trypanosoma cruzi cathepsin B-like protease

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 97, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 235-240

  Nóbrega, Otávio T ^a   Santos Silva, Marcos A ^a   Teixeira, Antônio R L ^a   Santana, Jaime M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cathepsin B; Chagas disease; Cysteine protease; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

CATHEPSIN B; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CATHEPSIN B; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; GENES, PROTOZOAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0032583110     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(98)00125-X     Document Type: Article

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