Proteases and protease inhibitors: a balance of activities in host-pathogen interaction

Immunobiology

Volumn 211, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 263-281

  Armstrong, Peter B ^a,b  

^a MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Innate immunity; Limulus; Protease inhibitor; Proteases; Thiol ester protein; Virulence factor; 2< inf> macroglobulin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 MACROGLOBULIN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; PROTEINASE; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SCAVENGER; TEP PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTHROPOD; BLOOD CELL; CHORDATA; ECHINODERM; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME RELEASE; EVOLUTION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNITY; LYSOSOME; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLLUSC; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 33646384915     PISSN: 01712985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.imbio.2006.01.002     Document Type: Review

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