Trypsin-like serine proteases in Lutzomyia longipalpis - expression, activity and possible modulation by Leishmania infantum chagasi

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Telleria, Erich Loza ^a   de Araújo, Adriana Pereira Oliveira ^a   Secundino, Nágila Francinete ^a   d'Avila Levy, Claudia Masini ^a   Traub Csekö, Yara Maria ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBENZAMIDINE; ALBUMIN; BENZAMIDINE; CASEIN; GELATIN; HEMOGLOBIN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; TOSYLLYSYL CHLOROMETHYL KETONE; TRYPTASE; PEPTIDE; SERINE PROTEINASE; TRYPSIN LIKE SERINE PROTEASE; TRYPSIN-LIKE SERINE PROTEASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; IMMUNIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LUTZOMYIA LONGIPALPIS; MALE; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PSYCHODIDAE; RABBIT; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; WESTERN BLOTTING; ZYMOGRAPHY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

CRATEVA RELIGIOSA; HEXAPODA; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LUTZOMYIA LONGIPALPIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ENZYME ASSAYS; GELATIN; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PSYCHODIDAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SOLUTIONS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77956277562     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010697     Document Type: Article

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