Characterization of two cysteine proteases secreted by Blastocystis ST7, a human intestinal parasite

Parasitology International

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 437-442

  Wawrzyniak, Ivan ^a,b   Texier, Catherine ^a,b   Poirier, Philippe ^a,b   Viscogliosi, Eric ^c,d,e,f   Tan, Kevin S W ^g   Delbac, Frédéric ^a,b   El Alaoui, Hicham ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^c UNIV LILLE   (France)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

^e INSERM U1019   (France)

^f CNRS   (France)

^g NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Blastocystis; Cathepsin; Legumain; Pathogenicity; Proteomics; Secreted proteases

Indexed keywords

CATHEPSIN B; GELATIN; LEGUMAIN;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYSTIS; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME RELEASE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; INTESTINE PARASITE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE VIRULENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; ZYMOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BLASTOCYSTIS; CATHEPSIN B; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; CYSTEINE PROTEASES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HUMANS; INTESTINES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; PROTEOMICS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BLASTOCYSTIS;

EID: 84861478507     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: 18730329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2012.02.007     Document Type: Article

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