Detection of the basement membrane-degrading proteolytic activity of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis after SDS-PAGE using agarose overlays containing Abz-MKALTLQ-EDDnp

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 645-649

  Puccia, R ^a   Juliano, M A ^a   Juliano, L ^a   Travassos, L R ^a   Carmona, A K ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fluorescent quenched peptides; P. brasiliensis; SDS PAGE; Serine thiol proteinase

Indexed keywords

PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS;

2 AMINOBENZOYLMETHIONYL LYSYL ALANYL LEUCYL THREONYL LEUCYL GLUTAMYLDINITROPHENYLETHYLENEDIAMINE; 2-AMINOBENZOYLMETHIONYL-LYSYL-ALANYL-LEUCYL-THREONYL-LEUCYL-GLUTAMYLDINITROPHENYLETHYLENEDIAMINE; ETHYLENEDIAMINE DERIVATIVE; OLIGOPEPTIDE; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; PARACOCCIDIOIDES; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

BASEMENT MEMBRANE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ETHYLENEDIAMINES; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PARACOCCIDIOIDES; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

EID: 0033125570     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X1999000500019     Document Type: Article

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