A family of diverse Kunitz inhibitors from Echinococcus granulosus potentially involved in host-parasite cross-talk

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  González, Silvia ^a   Fló, Martín ^a,b   Margenat, Mariana ^a   Durán, Rosario ^c   González Sapienza, Gualberto ^a   Graña, Martín ^d   Parkinson, John ^e   Maizels, Rick M ^f   Salinas, Gustavo ^a   Alvarez, Beatriz ^b   Fernández, Cecilia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR DE MONTEVIDEO   (Uruguay)

^e HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA DENDROTOXIN; APROTININ; APROTININ 1; APROTININ 2; APROTININ 3; APROTININ 4; APROTININ 5; APROTININ 6; APROTININ 7; APROTININ 8; DENDROTOXIN; PEPSIN A; SERINE PROTEINASE; TRANSCRIPTOME; TRYPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DOG; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME INHIBITOR COMPLEX; ENZYME INHIBITOR INTERACTION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LARVAL STAGE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; SPECIES COMPARISON; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CESTODA; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DOGS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, HELMINTH; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPSIN A; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SERINE PROTEASES;

EID: 70349393968     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007009     Document Type: Article

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