Expression Profile of the Schistosoma japonicum Degradome Reveals Differential Protease Expression Patterns and Potential Anti-schistosomal Intervention Targets

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Liu, Shuai ^a   Cai, Pengfei ^a   Piao, Xianyu ^a   Hou, Nan ^a   Zhou, Xiaosu ^a   Wu, Chuang ^a   Wang, Heng ^c   Chen, Qijun ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PATHOGEN BIOLOGY   (China)

^b JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EXPRESSION PATTERNS; EXPRESSION PROFILE; GENES ENCODING; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; PARASITIC ORGANISMS; PUBLIC DATABASE; PUTATIVE PROTEASE; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

GENE EXPRESSION;

ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; CARBOXYPEPTIDASE A; CATHEPSIN B; CATHEPSIN D; CATHEPSIN L; DEGRADOME; DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE I; HELMINTH PROTEIN; LEISHMANOLYSIN PROTEIN; METALLOPROTEINASE; PROTEINASE; SERINE PROTEINASE; THREONINE PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CATHEPSIN; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CATHEPSIN A GENE; CLONORCHIS SINENSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE ONTOLOGY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA MICROARRAY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PLATYHELMINTH; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; CATHEPSINS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PHYLOGENY; PLATYHELMINTHS; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM;

EID: 84908324216     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003856     Document Type: Article

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