Bmcystatin, a cysteine proteinase inhibitor characterized from the tick Boophilus microplus

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 347, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 44-50

  Lima, Cassia A ^a   Sasaki, Sergio D ^a   Tanaka, Aparecida S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acari; Boophilus microplus; Cystatin; Cysteine proteinase inhibitor; Stefin B

Indexed keywords

BMCYSTATIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYSTATIN; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; IXODES SCAPULARIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PURIFICATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THEORETICAL STUDY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CYSTATINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; TICKS;

ACARI; ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANIMALIA; BABESIA; BOOPHILUS; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; BOS TAURUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IXODES SCAPULARIS; RHIPICEPHALUS;

EID: 33745746366     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.06.018     Document Type: Article

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