Transglutaminase-catalyzed reactions in the growth, maturation and development of parasitic nematodes

Parasitology Today

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 11-17

  Chandrashekar, Ramaswamy ^a   Mehta, Kapil ^b  

^a HESKA CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTAMINE; DANSYLCADAVERINE; DIDANSYLCADAVERINE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; N BENZYLOXYCARBONYL BETA (3 BROMO 4,5 DIHYDROISOXAZOL 5 YL)ALANINE BENZYLAMIDE; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL MODEL; CUTICLE; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYMENOLEPIS NANA; IN VITRO STUDY; LIFE CYCLE; MATURATION; MOLTING; MOUSE; NEMATODE; NEMATOSPIROIDES DUBIUS; NIPPOSTRONGYLUS BRASILIENSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRONGYLOIDEA; UTERUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CADAVERINE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSGLUTAMINASES;

ANIMALIA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0033984156     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4758(99)01587-2     Document Type: Review

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