Tandem amino acid repeats from Trypanosoma cruzi shed antigens increase the half-life of proteins in blood

Blood

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2025-2032

  Buscaglia, Carlos A ^a,b   Alfonso, Julieta ^a   Campetella, Oscar ^a   Frasch, Alberto C C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOTECNOLÓGICAS   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA INDUSTRIAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; SIALIDASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME METABOLISM; ENZYME STABILITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0033559322     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v93.6.2025.406k19_2025_2032     Document Type: Article

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