Characterization of a lysosomal serine carboxypeptidase from Trypanosoma cruzi

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 11-23

  Parussini, Fabiola ^a   García, Mayra ^a,d   Mucci, Juan ^a   Agüero, Fernán ^a   Sánchez, Daniel ^a   Hellman, Ulf ^b   Åslund, Lena ^c   Cazzulo, Juan José ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOTECNOLÓGICAS   (Argentina)

^b LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; S10 peptidase family; Serine carboxypeptidase; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

3,4 DICHLOROISOCOUMARIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; LYSOSOME ENZYME; SERINE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ACIDITY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISULFIDE BOND; DNA MICROARRAY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; IC 50; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0041326637     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(03)00175-0     Document Type: Article

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