Proteolytic activities in Trypanosoma rangeli and stercorarian trypanosomes: Taxonomic implications

Parasitology Research

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 342-348

  De Santa Izabel, Aline ^a,b   Vermelho, Alane B ^b   Branquinha, Marta H ^b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; GELATIN; PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; TAXONOMY; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CONORHINI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMA LEWISI; TRYPANOSOMA MUSCULI;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL AMERICA; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HEMIPTERA; HUMANS; RODENTIA; SOUTH AMERICA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

HERPETOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CONORHINI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMA LEWISI; TRYPANOSOMA MUSCULI; TRYPANOSOMA RANGELI;

EID: 11144323774     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-004-1229-y     Document Type: Article

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