Crithidia guilhermei: Gelatin- and haemoglobin-degrading extracellular metalloproteinases

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 102, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 150-156

  Nogueira De Melo, Ana Cristina ^a   D'Avila Levy, Claudia Masini ^a   Branquinha, Marta Helena ^a   Vermelho, Alane Beatriz ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; CASEIN; ENZYME; GELATIN; GELATINASE; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN HYDROXYLASE; METALLOPROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARBON SOURCE; CRITHIDIA; CRITHIDIA GUILHERMEI; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; YEAST;

BOVINAE; CRITHIDIA; INSECTA;

EID: 0038054537     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-4894(03)00037-7     Document Type: Article

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