The new subfamily of cathepsin-Z-like protease genes includes Tc-cpz-1, a cysteine protease gene expressed in Toxocara canis adults and infective stage larvae

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 201-207

  Falcone, Franco H ^a   Tetteh, Kevin K A ^a   Hunt, P ^a   Blaxter, M L ^a   Loukas, Alex ^a   Maizels, Rick M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHEPSIN; CATHEPSIN TC CPZ 1; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ISOLATION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TOXOCARA CANIS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS; TOXOCARA CANIS;

EID: 0034106414     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.2000.4489     Document Type: Article

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