Degradation of human secretory immunoglobulin a by Blastocystis

Parasitology Research

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 386-389

  Puthia, Manoj K ^a,b   Vaithilingam, Aparna ^a   Lu, Jia ^b   Tan, Kevin S W ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b DSO NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Blastocystis; Immunoglobulin A; Mucosal; Proteinases; Protozoa

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; SECRETORY IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYSTIS; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; BLASTOCYSTIS RATTI; CELL LYSATE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; BLASTOCYSTIS; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A, SECRETORY; RATS;

BLASTOCYSTIS; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; BLASTOCYSTIS RATTI; PROTOZOA;

EID: 27644585194     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-005-1461-0     Document Type: Article

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