Biochemical study and in vitro insect immune suppression by a trypsin-like secreted protease from the nematode Steinernema carpocapsae

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 165-175

  Balasubramanian, N ^a   Toubarro, D ^a   SimOes N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Entomopathogenic nematode; Haemocytes; Prophenoloxidase; Serine protease; Steinernema carpocapsae; Trypsin

Indexed keywords

APROTININ; BENZAMIDINE; BENZOYLARGININE 4 NITROANILIDE; N BENZOYLPHENYLALANYLVALYLARGININE 4 NITROANILIDE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PROPHENOL OXIDASE; TRYPSIN; TRYPTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIN FILAMENT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME REPRESSION; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; GEL FILTRATION; IMMUNITY; IN VITRO STUDY; INSECT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOTH; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEINERNEMA CARPOCAPSAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APROTININ; BENZAMIDINES; CATECHOL OXIDASE; CELL SHAPE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; ENZYME PRECURSORS; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HEMOCYTES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; ISOELECTRIC POINT; KINETICS; LEPIDOPTERA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; RHABDITIDA; RHABDITOIDEA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SERINE PROTEASES; TEMPERATURE;

GALLERIA MELLONELLA; HETERORHABDITIS BACTERIOPHORA; HEXAPODA; STEINERNEMA CARPOCAPSAE; STEINERNEMA GLASERI;

EID: 76749095447     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: 13653024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.2009.01172.x     Document Type: Article

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