Identification, characterization and localization of chagasin, a tight-binding cysteine protease inhibitor in Trypanosoma cruzi

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 114, Issue 21, 2001, Pages 3933-3942

  Monteiro, A C S ^a   Abrahamson, M ^a   Lima, A P C A ^a   Vannier Santos, M A ^a   Scharfstein, J ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chagasin; Cruzipain; Cystatin; Cysteine protease; Lysosomes; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BINDING PROTEIN; CHAGASIN; CRUZIPAIN; CYSTATIN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; PAPAIN; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMASTIGOTE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL SURFACE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; EPIMASTIGOTE; FLAGELLUM; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TEMPERATURE; THERMOSTABILITY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPOMASTIGOTE;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CELL MEMBRANE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CYSTATINS; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; HUMANS; KINETICS; PAPAIN; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RABBITS; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 0035189728     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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