The peptidases of Trypanosoma cruzi: Digestive enzymes, virulence factors, and mediators of autophagy and programmed cell death

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics

Volumn 1824, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 195-206

  Alvarez, Vanina E ^a   Niemirowicz, Gabriela T ^a   Cazzulo, Juan J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOTECNOLÓGICAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Autophagins; Chagas disease; Cruzipain; Metacaspases; Peptidases; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; CALCIUM ION; CRUZIPAIN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; LYSOSOME ENZYME; METALLOPROTEINASE; OLIGOPEPTIDASE B; PEPTIDASE; PROLYL ENDOPEPTIDASE; PROTEASOME; SERINE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; SERINE PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AUTOPHAGY; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CHAGAS DISEASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; AUTOPHAGY; CELL DEATH; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; MUS; PROKARYOTA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 82755198904     PISSN: 15709639     EISSN: 18781454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2011.05.011     Document Type: Review

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