Degradation of bovine complement C3 by trichomonad extracellular proteinase

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 83-96

  Kania, S A ^a   Reed, S L ^b   Thomford, J W ^b   BonDurant, R H ^c   Hirata, K ^b   Corbeil, R R ^d   North, M J ^e   Corbeil, L B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complement component 3; Extracellular cysteine proteinase; Genital secretions; Tritrichomonas foetus

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; PROTEINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRICHOMONAS FOETUS; TRICHOMONIASIS; VAGINA SECRETION;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COMPLEMENT C3; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; MASTIGOPHORA INFECTIONS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PROTOZOAN; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS; UTERUS; VAGINA;

BOVINAE; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

EID: 0035834946     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-2427(00)00256-7     Document Type: Article

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