A metalloproteinase extracellularly released by Crithidia deanei

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 625-632

  D'Avila Levy, Claudia Masini ^a   Souza, Rodrigo F ^a   Gomes, Rosana C ^a   Vermelho, Alane B ^a   Branquinha, Marta H ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Endosymbiont; Extracellular; Proteinase; Trypanosomatid

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODIES; CELLS; DEGRADATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; EXTRACTION; GELATION; PH EFFECTS; POLYPEPTIDES;

GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR MASS;

ENZYMES;

BUFFER; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; EDETIC ACID; GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 63; METALLOPROTEINASE; PHENANTHROLINE; PHOSPHATE; POLYACRYLAMIDE; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYPEPTIDE; TRITON X 114; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

MICROORGANISM; PROTEIN;

ANION EXCHANGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITHIDIA; CRITHIDIA DEANEI; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PH; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; TRYPANOSOMA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CRITHIDIA; CULTURE MEDIA; ENZYME STABILITY; HEAT; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; SYMBIOSIS;

CRITHIDIA; CRITHIDIA DEANEI; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 1042267961     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w03-081     Document Type: Article

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