An apoptosis-inducing serine protease secreted by the entomopathogenic nematode Steinernema carpocapsae

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1319-1330

  Toubarro, Duarte ^a   Lucena Robles, Miguel ^a   Nascimento, Gisela ^a   Costa, Gonçalo ^b   Montiel, Rafael ^a   Coelho, Ana V ^b   Simões, Nelson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Apoptotic factor; Biochemical characterisation; Chymotrypsin; Entomopathogenic nematode; Full length cDNA; Protein purification; Serine protease

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; BENZAMIDINE; BENZYLSULFONYL FLUORIDE; CHYMOSTATIN; CHYMOTRYPSIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HISTIDINE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; SERINE; SERINE PROTEINASE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; TRYPTASE;

APOPTOSIS; BIOASSAY; BIOCHEMISTRY; DNA; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INSECT; NEMATODE; PATHOGEN; PROTEIN; VIRULENCE;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME RELEASE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; INSECT CELL; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MIDGUT; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PH; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEINERNEMA CARPOCAPSAE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CHYMASES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; HELMINTH PROTEINS; INSECTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHABDITIDA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SERINE PROTEASES;

HEXAPODA; NEMATODA; STEINERNEMA CARPOCAPSAE;

EID: 68049142984     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2009.04.013     Document Type: Article

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