Cysteine peptidases from Phytomonas serpens: Biochemical and immunological approaches

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 247-256

  Elias, Camila G R ^a   Aor, Ana Carolina ^a   Valle, Roberta S ^a   D'Avila Levy, Claudia M ^b   Branquinha, Marta H ^a   Santos, André L S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chagasic patient sera; Cruzipain; Cysteine peptidases; Phytomonas serpens; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; CRUZIPAIN; CYSTEINE PEPTIDASE; GOLD DERIVATIVE; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PEPTIDASE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EPIMASTIGOTE; FLAGELLUM; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PHYTOMONAS; PHYTOMONAS SERPENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 71049187208     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2009.00604.x     Document Type: Article

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