Metacaspases of Trypanosoma cruzi: Possible candidates for programmed cell death mediators

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 18-28

  Kosec, Gregor ^a   Alvarez, Vanina E ^b   Agüero, Fernán ^b   Sánchez, Daniel ^b   Dolinar, Marko ^a   Turk, Boris ^a   Turk, Vito ^a   Cazzulo, Juan J ^b  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOTECNOLÓGICAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Chagas disease; Metacaspases; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; CASPASE INHIBITOR; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; ENZYME ANTIBODY; KETONE DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN TCMCA3; PROTEIN TCMCA5; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; EPIMASTIGOTE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SERUM; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; CASPASES; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SERUM; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 28044463623     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2005.09.001     Document Type: Article

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