Protease Activity in Giardia duodenalis Trophozoites of Axenic Strains Isolated from Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Patients

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 77-81

  Guimarães, Semíramis ^a   Sogayar, Maria Inês Terra Leme ^a   Franco, Marcello Fabiano ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Axenic strain; Giardia duodenalis; Protease activity; Trophozoites

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; EDETIC ACID; IODOACETAMIDE; N [N (3 CARBOXYOXIRANE 2 CARBONYL)LEUCYL]AGMATINE; PROTEINASE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; TOSYLLYSYL CHLOROMETHYL KETONE; TOSYLPHENYLALANYL CHLOROMETHYL KETONE; CYSTEINE; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL LYSATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TROPHOZOITE; ANIMAL; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GERMFREE ANIMAL; GIARDIA; METABOLISM;

GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

ANIMALS; CYSTEINE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; GERM-FREE LIFE; GIARDIA; HUMANS; MALE; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

EID: 0037945386     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762003000100011     Document Type: Article

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