Serine Protease(s) Secreted by the Nematode Trichuris muris Degrade the Mucus Barrier

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Hasnain, Sumaira Z ^a,b,c   McGuckin, Michael A ^a   Grencis, Richard K ^b   Thornton, David J ^c  

^a MATER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPAIN; CHYMOSTATIN; EDETIC ACID; EXCRETORY SECRETORY PRODUCT; LEUPEPTIN; MUCIN; MUCIN 2; MUCIN 5AC; N ETHYLMALEIMIDE; SECRETORY PROTEIN; SERINE PROTEINASE; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CECUM; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; DEPOLYMERIZATION; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFECTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOUSE; MUCUS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRICHURIS MURIS; WESTERN BLOTTING; WORM EXPULSION;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; HYDROLYSIS; MICE; MUCUS; SERINE PROTEASES; TRICHURIS;

EID: 84869001446     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001856     Document Type: Article

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