Schistosoma japonicum cathepsin D aspartic protease cleaves human IgG and other serum components

Parasitology

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 415-421

  Verity, C K ^a,b   Loukas, A ^a   Mcmanus, D P ^a,b   Brindley, P J ^a,b,c  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cathepsin D; IgG; Proteolysis; Schistosoma japonicum

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; CATHEPSIN D; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; RECOMBINANT ENZYME;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CATHEPSIN D; COMPLEMENT C3; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SERUM ALBUMIN;

SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM;

EID: 0035070288     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182001007521     Document Type: Article

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