Fasciola hepatica: Parasite-secreted proteinases degrade all human IgG subclasses: Determination of the specific cleavage sites and identification of the immunoglobulin fragments produced

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 99-110

  Berasain, Patricia ^a   Carmona, Carlos ^a   Frangione, Blas ^c   Dalton, John P ^d   Goñi, Fernando ^b,c  

^a Universidad de la Repu aablica   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CATHEPSIN L; DITHIOTHREITOL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FRAGMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PROTEINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

FASCIOLA HEPATICA; HEPATICA; TREMATODA;

EID: 0033995763     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1999.4479     Document Type: Article

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