Defined characteristics of cathepsin B-like proteins from nematodes: Inferred functional diversity and phylogenetic relationships

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 297-310

  Rehman, Abdur ^a   Jasmer, Douglas P ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cathepsin B; Gut; Haemonchus contortus; Occluding loop; S2 subsite

Indexed keywords

CATHEPSIN B;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CATHEPSIN B; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, HELMINTH; HAEMONCHUS; ISOENZYMES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEMATODA; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STOMACH;

ASCARIS SUUM; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; NEMATODA; RHABDITIDA; STRONGYLIDA;

EID: 0032811124     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(99)00086-9     Document Type: Article

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