Proteolysis of human hemoglobin by schistosome cathepsin D

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 103-112

  Brindley, Paul J ^a,b   Kalinna, Bernd H ^a,c   Wong, Joanna Y M ^a   Bogitsh, Burton J ^d   King, Lynette T ^a   Smyth, Danielle J ^a   Verity, Christiana K ^a   Abbenante, Giovanni ^a   Brinkworth, Ross I ^a   Fairlie, David P ^a   Smythe, Mark L ^a   Milburn, Peter J ^e   Bielefeldt Ohmann, Helle ^a   Zheng, Yuan ^a   McManus, Donald P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Biology and Environment   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aspartic protease; Cathepsin D; Gastrodermis; Hemoglobin; Proteolysis; Schistosome

Indexed keywords

2 AMINOBENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ALANINE; CATHEPSIN D; HEMOGLOBIN; LEUCINE; OLIGOPEPTIDE; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL VACUOLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TARGETING; HYDROPHOBICITY; INSECT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; CATHEPSIN D; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; STOMACH;

INSECTA; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 0035862794     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(00)00351-0     Document Type: Article

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