Purification, biochemical and molecular analysis of a chymotrypsin protease with prophenoloxidase suppression activity from the entomopathogenic nematode Steinernema carpocapsae

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 975-984

  Balasubramanian, Natesan ^a   Hao, You Jin ^a   Toubarro, Duarte ^a   Nascimento, Gisela ^a   Simões, Nelson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Chymotrypsin; Entomopathogenic nematode; Prophenoloxidase; Serine protease; Steinernema carpocapsae

Indexed keywords

APROTININ; CHROMOGENIC SUBSTRATE; CHYMOTRYPSIN SERINE PROTEINASE; MELANIN; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; SERINE PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BIOCHEMISTRY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NEMATODE; PHYLOGENETICS;

ANION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCAPSULATION; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC NEMATODE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; FIBRINOLYSIS; GEL FILTRATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; INCUBATION TIME; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FAMILY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STEINERNEMA CARPOCAPSAE; TEMPERATURE; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CATECHOL OXIDASE; CHYMOTRYPSIN; ENZYME PRECURSORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; INSECTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEMATODA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; SERINE PROTEASES;

HEXAPODA; STEINERNEMA CARPOCAPSAE;

EID: 67349142588     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2009.01.012     Document Type: Article

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