Characteristics of plasminogen binding to Trypanosoma cruzi epimastigotes

Acta Tropica

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 54-58

  Rojas, Masyelly ^a   Labrador, Indira ^a   Concepción, Juan L ^a   Aldana, Elis ^a   Avilan, Luisana ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Kringles; Plasminogen; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

AMINOCAPROIC ACID; ELASTASE; LYSINE; PLASMINOGEN;

AMINO ACID; DIGESTION; PARASITE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOTINYLATION; BLOOD; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; ENZYME BINDING; EPIMASTIGOTE; IN VIVO STUDY; KRINGLE DOMAIN; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; RHODNIUS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; HUMANS; KINETICS; PANCREATIC ELASTASE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PLASMINOGEN; PROTEIN BINDING; RHODNIUS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

RHODNIUS PROLIXUS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 44649125996     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2008.04.013     Document Type: Article

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