Proteolytic expression in Blastocrithidia culicis: Influence of the endosymbiont and similarities with virulence factors of pathogenic trypanosomatids

Parasitology

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 413-420

  D'Avila Levy, C M ^a   Araujo F M ^a   Vermelho, A B ^a   Soares, R M A ^a   Santos, A L S ^a   Branquinha, M H ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aposymbiotic; Blastocrithidia; Cruzipain; Endosymbiont; Gp63; Insect; Proteinase; Secretion; Trypanosomatid; Trypanosomatidae

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CASEIN; CRUZIPAIN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; GELATIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 63; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; HEMOGLOBIN; METALLOPROTEINASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCRITHIDIA CULICIS; CELL MEMBRANE; ENDOSYMBIONT; INSECT; LEISHMANIA; LIFE CYCLE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; WESTERN BLOTTING; ZYMOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CASEINS; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GELATIN; HEMOGLOBINS; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL DIACYLGLYCEROL-LYASE; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE; SYMBIOSIS; TRYPANOSOMATINA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BLASTOCRITHIDIA; BLASTOCRITHIDIA CULICIS; BOVINAE; INSECTA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 17144416116     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182004006705     Document Type: Article

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