Purification and characterisation of a trypsin-like serine oligopeptidase from Trypanosoma congolense

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 145-155

  Morty, Rory E ^a   Authié, Edith ^b   Troeberg, Linda ^a   Lonsdale Eccles, John D ^c   Coetzer, Theresa H T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Enzyme inhibition; IgG; IgM; IgY; Oligopeptidase; Peptidase; Substrate specificity; Trypanosoma (Nannomonas) congolense; Trypanotolerance

Indexed keywords

OLIGOPEPTIDE HYDROLASE; PEPTIDASE; SERINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CATTLE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; MALE; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, BOVINE; TRYPSIN;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; FELIS CATUS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE;

EID: 0032781636     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(99)00097-3     Document Type: Article

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