Partial purification and characterization of a cysteine protease Inhibitor from the plerocercoid of Spirometra erinacei

Korean Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 183-186

  Chung, Young Bae ^a   Yang, Hyun Jong ^b  

^a Jeju National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cysteine protease; Inhibitor; Plerocercoid; Sparganum; Spirometra mansoni

Indexed keywords

CHYMOTRYPSIN; CYSTATIN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; PAPAIN; HELMINTH PROTEIN;

ANION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SPARGANUM; SPIROMETRA; SPIROMETRA ERINACEI; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM;

SPARGANUM; SPIROMETRA; SPIROMETRA ERINACEIEUROPAEI;

ANIMALS; CYSTATINS; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; HELMINTH PROTEINS; SPIROMETRA;

EID: 56149095035     PISSN: 00234001     EISSN: 17380006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3347/kjp.2008.46.3.183     Document Type: Article

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