Purification and biochemical characterization of three cysteine proteases of Entamoeba histolytica with potential application in epidemiologic trials

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2000, Pages S49-S52

  González, Enrique ^a   Rico, Guadalupe ^c   Morán, Patricia ^a,b   Ramos, Fernando ^a   Garcı́a, Gabriela ^a   Padilla, Guadalupe ^c   Ramiro, Manuel ^b   Valdez, Edith ^c   Muñoz, Onofre ^c   Gómez, Alejandro ^c   Kretschmer, Roberto ^c   Melendro, Emma I ^a   Ximénez, Cecilia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b HOSPITAL REGIONAL 1 DE OCTUBRE   (Mexico)

^c HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Amebiasis; Antigens; Entamoeba histocytica; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN PURIFICATION; ARTICLE; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

ANIMALS; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBIASIS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS;

EID: 0033751696     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0188-4409(00)00218-6     Document Type: Article

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