Genes of cathepsin L-like proteases in Trypanosoma rangeli isolates: Markers for diagnosis, genotyping and phylogenetic relationships

Acta Tropica

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 249-259

  Ortiz, P A ^a   Maia da Silva, F ^a   Cortez, A P ^a   Lima, L ^a   Campaner, M ^a   Pral, E M F ^a   Alfieri, S C ^a   Teixeira, M M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cathepsin L like; Cruzipain; Diagnosis; Genotyping; Lineages; Phylogeny; Rangelipain; Trypanosoma rangeli

Indexed keywords

CATHEPSIN L; CRUZIPAIN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; RANGELIPAIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOMARKER; DNA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN; PROTOZOAN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FLAGELLATE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LEISHMANIA; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RHODNIUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTH AMERICA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATHEPSIN L; CENTRAL AMERICA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTH AMERICA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

BODONIDAE; KINETOPLASTIDA; MAMMALIA; RHODNIUS; TRYPANOSOMA RANGELI;

EID: 71249083882     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2009.07.036     Document Type: Article

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