A cathepsin L-like protease from Strongylus vulgaris: An orthologue of Caenorhabditis elegans CPL-1

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 293-299

  Ultaigh, Sinéad Nic An ^a   Carolan, James C ^a   Britton, Collette ^b   Murray, Linda ^b   Ryan, Michael F ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans mutant rescue; Cathepsin L gene; Equine parasite; Nematode; Strongylus vulgaris

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CATHEPSIN L;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HORSE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRONGYLOIDEA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CATHEPSINS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, HELMINTH; HORSES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, HELMINTH; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRONGYLUS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EQUIDAE; STRONGYLES; STRONGYLIDA; STRONGYLUS VULGARIS; VERMES;

EID: 60849109484     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2008.11.002     Document Type: Article

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