Determinants of substrate specificity of a second non-neuronal secreted acetylcholinesterase from the parasitic nematode Nippostrongylus brasiliensis

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 267, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 2276-2282

  Hussein, Ayman S ^a   Smith, Angela M ^a,b   Chacón, Matilde R ^a,c   Selkirk, Murray E ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c FACULTAT DE MEDICINA I CIÈNCIES DE LA SALUT   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Nematode; Nippostrongylus brasiliensis

Indexed keywords

1,5 BIS(4 ALLYLDIMETHYLAMMONIUMPHENYL)PENTAN 3 ONE DIBROMIDE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ENZYME INHIBITOR; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; RECOMBINANT ENZYME;

ARTICLE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENE EXPRESSION; NEMATODE; NIPPOSTRONGYLUS BRASILIENSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ACETYLTHIOCHOLINE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BENZENAMINIUM, 4,4'-(3-OXO-1,5-PENTANEDIYL)BIS(N,N-DIMETHYL-N-2-PROPENYL-), DIBROMIDE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ISOENZYMES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NIPPOSTRONGYLUS; PICHIA; PROPIDIUM; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TETRAISOPROPYLPYROPHOSPHAMIDE; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

INVERTEBRATA; NIPPOSTRONGYLUS BRASILIENSIS; PICHIA PASTORIS;

EID: 0034008857     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01232.x     Document Type: Article

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