TsAg5, a Taenia solium cysticercus protein with a marginal trypsin-like activity in the diagnosis of human neurocysticercosis

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 115-119

  Rueda, Analiz ^a   Sifuentes, Cecilia ^a   Gilman, Robert H ^a,b   Gutiérrez, Andrés H ^a   Piña, Ruby ^a   Chile, Nancy ^a   Carrasco, Sebastián ^a   Larson, Sandra ^c   Mayta, Holger ^a   Verástegui, Manuela ^a   Rodriguez, Silvia ^a,d   Gutiérrez Correa, Marcel ^e   García, Héctor H ^a,b,d   Sheen, Patricia ^a   Zimic, Mirko ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NEUROLÓGICAS   (Peru)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AGRARIA LA MOLINA   (Peru)

Author keywords

Adherence; Cysticercus; Diagnostics; Oncosphere; Protease; Trypsin

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN 5; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; PROTEINASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; THROMBOSPONDIN 1; TRYPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CYST; CYSTICERCUS; DNA LIBRARY; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TAENIA SOLIUM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CYSTICERCUS; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SWINE; TAENIA SOLIUM; TAENIASIS; TRYPSIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; TAENIA SOLIUM;

EID: 80054707313     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: 18729428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2011.08.003     Document Type: Article

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