Babesia bovis: Effects of cysteine protease inhibitors on in vitro growth

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 214-217

  Okubo, Kazuhiro ^a   Yokoyama, Naoaki ^a   Govind, Yadav ^a   Alhassan, Andy ^a   Igarashi, Ikuo ^a  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Babesia bovis; Cysteine protease; Inhibitor; Invasion; Replication

Indexed keywords

ALOXISTATIN; LEUPEPTIN; N [N (3 CARBOXYOXIRANE 2 CARBONYL)LEUCYL]AGMATINE; N ACETYL LEUCINE LEUCINE NORLEUCINAL; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BABESIA BOVIS; CELL INVASION; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH INHIBITION; IN VITRO STUDY; LIPOPHILICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BABESIA BOVIS; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; ERYTHROCYTES; LEUCINE; LEUPEPTINS;

BABESIA BOVIS;

EID: 34548271367     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2007.04.009     Document Type: Article

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