Purification and biochemical characterization of a novel cysteine protease of Entamoeba histolytica

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 266, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 170-180

  Spinella, Sandrine ^a   Levavasseur, Etienne ^a   Petek, Farhettin ^b   Rigothier, Marie C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b Dept Biochim Genet Molec I   (France)

^c Faculte de Pharmacie   (France)

Author keywords

Characterization; Cysteine protease; Entamoeba histolytica; Protein trafficking; Purification

Indexed keywords

COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; GUANIDINE DERIVATIVE; IODOACETAMIDE;

ARTICLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROPHAGOCYTOSIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHOZOITE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBIASIS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEPHAROSE; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0033571708     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00841.x     Document Type: Article

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