Characterization of excretory/secretory endopeptidase and metallo-aminopeptidases from Taenia crassiceps metacestodes

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 983-987

  Baig, Salman ^a   Damian, Raymond T ^a   Morales Montor, Jorge ^a,c   Olecki, Paula ^a   Talhouk, Jamil ^d   Hashmey, Rayhan ^b,e   White Jr , A Clinton ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOMÉDICAS   (Mexico)

^d Enzyme Systems Products   (United States)

^e UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,10 PHENANTHROLINE; AMINOPEPTIDASE; BESTATIN; CHELATING AGENT; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN 2; PROTEINASE; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 2;

HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CYSTICERCOSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME RELEASE; FAST PROTEIN LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PARASITE SURVIVAL; SILVER STAINING; SUPERNATANT; TAENIA; TAENIA CRASSICEPS;

AMINOPEPTIDASES; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENDOPEPTIDASES; FEMALE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN-2; METALLOPROTEASES; MICE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SILVER STAINING; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TAENIA;

ANIMALIA; TAENIA; TAENIA CRASSICEPS;

EID: 28444490330     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-200R1.1     Document Type: Article

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