Expression in insect cells of active mature cruzipain from trypanosoma cruzi, containing its c-terminal domain

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 467-475

  Alvarez, Vanina ^a   Parussini, Fabiola ^a   Åslund, Lena ^b   Cazzulo, Juan J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOTECNOLÓGICAS   (Argentina)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Baculovirus; C terminal domain; Cysteine proteinase; Recombinant cruzipain; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPODOPTERA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

INSECTA; MAMMALIA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS;

EID: 0036910533     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1046-5928(02)00565-X     Document Type: Article

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