Role of CpSUB1, a subtilisin-like protease, in cryptosporidium parvum infection in vitro

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 470-477

  Wanyiri, Jane W ^a   Techasintana, Patsharaporn ^a   O'Connor, Roberta M ^a   Blackman, Michael J ^b   Kim, Kami ^c   Ward, Honorine D ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Medical Research Institute   (United Kingdom)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; SUBTILISIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SUBTILISIN;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 64749093074     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00306-08     Document Type: Article

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