The trans-sialidase from the African trypanosome Trypanosoma brucei

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 269, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2941-2950

  Montagna, Georgina ^a   Cremona, M Laura ^a   Paris, Gastón ^a   Amaya, M Fernanda ^b   Buschiazzo, Alejandro ^b   Alzari, Pedro M ^b   Frasch, Alberto C C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOTECNOLÓGICAS   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Procyclic trypomastigotes; Sialidase; T. brucei; trans sialidase

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; MUTANT PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SIALIC ACID; SIALIDASE; TRYPTOPHAN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

AFRICA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BINDING SITES; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; GLYCOPROTEINS; NEURAMINIDASE; POINT MUTATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALIA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0036315483     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2002.02968.x     Document Type: Article

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