Purification and characterization of a metacestode cysteine proteinase from Taenia solium involved in the breakdown of human IgG

Parasitology

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 411-416

  Baig, S ^a,e   Damian, R T ^a   Molinari, J L ^b   Tato, P ^c   Morales Montor, J ^a,d   Welch, M ^a   Talhouk, J ^f   Hashmey, R ^e   White Jr , A C ^e,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE FISIOLOGÍA CELULAR   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOMÉDICAS   (Mexico)

^e BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Enzyme Systems Products   (United States)

^g Section of Infectious Diseases   (United States)

Author keywords

Cysteine proteinase; Cysticercosis; Immunoglobulin; Taenia crassiceps; Taenia solium

Indexed keywords

CATHEPSIN L; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAENIA SOLIUM;

ANIMALS; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TAENIA SOLIUM;

TAENIA CRASSICEPS; TAENIA SOLIUM;

EID: 24644501763     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182005007821     Document Type: Article

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