A developmentally regulated metalloprotease secreted by host-stimulated Ancylostoma caninum third-stage infective larvae is a member of the astacin family of proteases

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 291-296

  Zhan, Bin ^a,b   Hotez, Peter J ^a,b   Wang, Yan ^a,b   Hawdon, John M ^a,b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Albert B Sabin Vaccine Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancylostoma caninum; Astacin; Excretory secretory products; Hookworm; Metalloprotease

Indexed keywords

ASTACIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ENZYME PRECURSOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; METALLOPROTEINASE; PROTEINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANCYLOSTOMA CANINUM; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; FECES ANALYSIS; HOOKWORM INFECTION; LARVA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANCYLOSTOMA; ANCYLOSTOMA CANINUM; ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA;

EID: 0037046107     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(01)00453-4     Document Type: Article

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