Two major 'higher molecular mass proteinases' of Entamoeba histolytica are identified as cysteine proteinases 1 and 2

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 305-309

  Hellberg, Andrea ^a   Leippe, Matthias ^a   Bruchhaus, Iris ^a  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacitracin Sepharose; Cysteine proteinases; Entamoeba histolytica

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; PROTEINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENZYME ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACITRACIN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AGAROSE; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN;

ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA;

EID: 0033967291     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(99)00194-2     Document Type: Article

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