Cloning and characterization of a cathepsin L-like cysteine protease from Taenia pisiformis

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 194, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 26-34

  Wang, Qiuxia ^a   Zhang, Shaohua ^a   Luo, Xuenong ^a   Hou, Junling ^a   Zhu, Xueliang ^a   Cai, Xuepeng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Biochemical characteristics; Cysteine protease; Recombinant protein; Taenia pisiformis metacestode

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; CATHEPSIN L LIKE CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; FIBRONECTIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; N [N (3 CARBOXYOXIRANE 2 CARBONYL)LEUCYL]AGMATINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLADDER WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PATHOGENESIS; PICHIA PASTORIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TAENIA PISIFORMIS; ZYMOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CATHEPSIN L; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYSTEINE PROTEASES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PICHIA; RABBITS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TAENIA;

BOVINAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PICHIA PASTORIS; TAENIA PISIFORMIS; VERMES;

EID: 84876738606     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.12.055     Document Type: Article

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