A salivary serine protease of the haematophagous reduviid Panstrongylus megistus: Sequence characterization, expression pattern and characterization of proteolytic activity

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 409-421

  Meiser, C K ^a   Piechura, H ^b   Meyer, H E ^c   Warscheid, B ^b,c   Schaub, G A ^a   Balczun, C ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fibrinolysis; Panstrongylus megistus; Saliva; Serine protease; Triatominae

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; SERINE PROTEINASE; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FIBRINOLYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HYDROLYSIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANSTRONGYLUS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SALIVARY GLAND; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TIME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FIBRINOLYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYDROLYSIS; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PANSTRONGYLUS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SALIVARY GLANDS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SERINE PROTEASES; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

HEMIPTERA; PANSTRONGYLUS; PANSTRONGYLUS MEGISTUS; REDUVIIDAE; TRIATOMINAE;

EID: 77951951376     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2010.01002.x     Document Type: Article

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