Fasciola hepatica virulence-associated cysteine peptidases: A systems biology perspective

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 301-310

  McVeigh, Paul ^a   Maule, Aaron G ^a   Dalton, John P ^b   Robinson, Mark W ^c  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cathepsin; Cysteine peptidase; Fasciola; Proteomics; RNAi; Transcriptomics

Indexed keywords

CATHEPSIN; CYSTEINE PEPTIDASE; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

CLADISTICS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEOMICS; RNA INTERFERENCE; SHORT SURVEY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

ANIMALS; CATHEPSINS; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; GENE SILENCING; GENOMICS; HUMANS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTEOMICS; RESEARCH; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTOME; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; FASCIOLA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA;

EID: 84857997235     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: 1769714X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2011.11.012     Document Type: Short Survey

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