Proteolytic degradation of hemoglobin in the intestine of the human hookworm necator Americanus

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 199, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 904-912

  Ranjit, Najju ^a,c   Zhan, Bin ^e   Hamilton, Brett ^b   Stenzel, Deborah ^c   Lowthe, Jonathan ^d   Pearson, Mark ^a   Gorman, Jeffrey ^b   Hotez, Peter ^e   Loukas, Alex ^a,b  

^a Helminth Biology Laboratory   (Australia)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A; HEMOGLOBIN BETA CHAIN; METALLOPROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; BACULOVIRUS; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HYDROLYSIS; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOUSE; NECATOR AMERICANUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; YEAST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; CATALYSIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; HYDROLYSIS; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NECATOR AMERICANUS; NECATORIASIS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 65649122615     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/597048     Document Type: Article

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