A family of cathepsin B cysteine proteases expressed in the gut of the human hookworm, Necator americanus

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 90-99

  Ranjit, Najju ^a,b   Zhan, Bin ^c   Stenzel, Deborah J ^a   Mulvenna, Jason ^b   Fujiwara, Ricardo ^d   Hotez, Peter J ^c   Loukas, Alex ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cathepsin B; Cysteine protease; Hemoglobin; Hookworm; Necator americanus

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CATHEPSIN B; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; DEXTRAN SULFATE; GLOBIN; MESSENGER RNA; PHENYLALANINE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; LASER MICRODISSECTION; MOUSE; NECATOR AMERICANUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PICHIA PASTORIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CATHEPSIN B; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COUMARINS; CRICETINAE; DIPEPTIDES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GELATIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HAEMONCHUS; HEMOGLOBINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NECATOR AMERICANUS; PHYLOGENY; PICHIA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; UP-REGULATION;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; MUS; NECATOR AMERICANUS; NEMATODA; PICHIA PASTORIS;

EID: 50049136204     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2008.04.008     Document Type: Article

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