Purification and characterization of a leucine aminopeptidase from the bovine filarial parasite Setaria cervi

Acta Tropica

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-8

  Pokharel, Daya Ram ^a   Rathaur, Sushma ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

ELISA; Filarial nematodes; Leucine aminopeptidase; Lymphatic filariasis; Metalloproteases; Setaria cervi; Western blotting

Indexed keywords

1,10 PHENANTHROLINE; AMASTATIN; ARYL ACYLAMIDASE; BESTATIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COBALT; CYTOSOL AMINOPEPTIDASE; EDETIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; LEUCINE; LEUCYL 2 NAPHTHYLAMIDE; MAGNESIUM ION; MANGANESE; PEPTIDE; PUROMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NEMATODE; PARASITE; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN;

ALKALINITY; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; SERODIAGNOSIS; SERUM; SETARIA CERVI; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVATORS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FILARIOIDEA; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; LEUCYL AMINOPEPTIDASE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI; ZINC;

BOVINAE; NEMATODA; SETARIA CERVI; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 40849114447     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2007.12.009     Document Type: Article

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