Chagasin, the endogenous cysteine-protease inhibitor of Trypanosoma cruzi, modulates parasite differentiation and invasion of mammalian cells

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 901-915

  Santos, Camila C ^a   Sant'Anna, Celso ^a   Terres, Amanda ^a   Cunha e Silva, Narcisa L ^a   Scharfstein, Julio ^a   Lima, Ana Paula C de A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chagasin; Cysteine protease; Infectivity; Inhibitor; Trypanosome

Indexed keywords

CHAGASIN; CRUZIPAIN; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; MERCAPTOETHANOL; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BRANCHING MORPHOGENESIS; CELL INVASION; CELL STRAIN; ENZYMATIC ASSAY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; EPIMASTIGOTE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GOLGI COMPLEX; HOST CELL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; LYSOSOME; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPOMASTIGOTE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CALRETICULIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; DETERGENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOWN-REGULATION; GOLGI APPARATUS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; LIVER; LYSOSOMES; MERCAPTOETHANOL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; OCTOXYNOL; ORGANELLES; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFECTION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

MAMMALIA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 16844365217     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.01677     Document Type: Article

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