Trypanosoma cruzi: Isolation and characterization of aspartyl proteases

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 128-133

  Pinho, Rosa T ^a   Beltramini, Leila M ^b   Alves, Carlos R ^a   De Simone, Salvatore G ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cathepsin D; Chromatographic; Pepstatin A; Proteases; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; CATHEPSIN D; CRUZIPSIN 1; CRUZIPSIN 2; PEPSTATIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ISOLATION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMOGENIC COMPOUNDS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 67349113482     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2009.02.005     Document Type: Article

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