IrCL1 - The haemoglobinolytic cathepsin L of the hard tick, Ixodes ricinus

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1253-1262

  Franta, Zdenek ^a,b   Sojka, Daniel ^a   Frantova, Helena ^a,b   Dvorak, Jan ^a,e   Horn, Martin ^c   Srba, Jindrich ^c   Talacko, Pavel ^c   Mares, Michael ^c   Schneider, Eric ^d   Craik, Charles S ^d   McKerrow, James H ^e   Caffrey, Conor R ^e   Kopacek, Petr ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood meal digestion; Cathepsin; Cysteine peptidase; Haemoglobin; Ixodes ricinus; Protease; Tick

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CATHEPSIN L; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; HEMOGLOBIN; RECOMBINANT ENZYME;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD; ENZYME; FLUORESCENCE; HEMOGLOBIN; LIGAND; PATHOGEN; PEPTIDE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN; RNA; TICK;

ACIDITY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL VACUOLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSOME; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; FEEDING; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE SILENCING; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; INTESTINE CELL; IXODES RICINUS; LIGAND BINDING; LYSOSOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TARGETING; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ALBUMINS; ANIMALS; CATHEPSIN L; ENDOSOMES; ENZYME STABILITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; HEMOGLOBINS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IXODES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PROTEOLYSIS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE;

IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE;

EID: 81155161879     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: 18790135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2011.06.006     Document Type: Article

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