Bodo sp., a free-living flagellate, expresses divergent proteolytic activities from the closely related parasitic trypanosomatids

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 454-458

  D'Avila Levy, Claudia M ^a   VolotÃo, Aline C C ^a   AraÚjo, Fernanda M ^b   De Jesus, José B ^a,c   Motta, Maria Cristina M ^b   Vermelho, Alane B ^b   Santos, André L S ^b   Branquinha, Marta H ^b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c Univ Fed De São J   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bodonidae; Evolution; Kinetoplastida; Peptidase; Trypanosomatidae

Indexed keywords

APROTININ; BENZYLSULFONYL FLUORIDE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL RNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 18S; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ANCESTRY; BIOCHEMISTRY; DIVERGENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTION; FLAGELLATE; INHIBITION; PARASITISM; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTOZOAN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COCONUT; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; FLAGELLATE; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RNA GENE;

ANIMALS; APROTININ; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COCOS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GENES, RRNA; KINETOPLASTIDA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHENYLMETHYLSULFONYL FLUORIDE; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

BODONIDAE; BOVINAE; KINETOPLASTIDA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); NEOBODO CURVIFILUS; PARABODO CAUDATUS; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 69949085054     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2009.00424.x     Document Type: Article

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