Role of chagasin-like inhibitors as endogenous regulators of cysteine proteases in parasitic protozoa

Parasitology Research

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 323-324

  Santos, Camila C ^a   Scharfstein, Julio ^a   De A Lima, Ana Paula C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAGASIN LIKE INHIBITOR; CRUZIPAIN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; ENZYME PRECURSOR; PAPAIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LYSOSOME; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PARASITE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTOZOON; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMALS; CYSTATINS; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

PROTOZOA;

EID: 33748917435     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-006-0195-y     Document Type: Review

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