BYC, an atypical aspartic endopeptidase from Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus eggs

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 599-607

  Nascimento Silva, Maria Clara L ^a   Leal, Alexandre T ^b   Daffre, Sirlei ^c   Juliano, Luiz ^d   da Silva Vaz Jr , Itabajara ^b   Paiva Silva, Gabriela de O ^a   Oliveira, Pedro L ^a   Sorgine, Marcos Henrique F ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aspartic endopeptidases; Catalytic mechanism; Rhipicephalus microplus; Vitellin degradation

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; BOOPHILUS YOLK CATHEPSIN; CATHEPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; CATALYSIS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; HATCHING; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; RHIPICEPHALUS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BOOPHILUS; BOS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; RHIPICEPHALUS;

EID: 39849085493     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2007.12.007     Document Type: Article

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