Major surface protease of trypanosomatids: One size fits all?

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 22-31

  Yao, Chaoqun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; MAJOR SURFACE PROTEASE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMASTIGOTE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOSOL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLAST; HOST; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; LIFE CYCLE; MACROPHAGE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHYTOMONAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SHORT SURVEY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; EUGLENOZOA INFECTIONS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMATINA;

EID: 73449146016     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00776-09     Document Type: Short Survey

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