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SmCL3, a Gastrodermal Cysteine Protease of the Human Blood Fluke Schistosoma mansoni

BACKGROUND: Blood flukes of the genus Schistosoma are platyhelminth parasites that infect 200 million people worldwide. Digestion of nutrients from the host bloodstream is essential for parasite development and reproduction. A network of proteolytic enzymes (proteases) facilitates hydrolysis of host...

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Autores principales: Dvořák, Jan, Mashiyama, Susan T., Sajid, Mohammed, Braschi, Simon, Delcroix, Melaine, Schneider, Eric L., McKerrow, Wilson H., Bahgat, Mahmoud, Hansell, Elizabeth, Babbitt, Patricia C., Craik, Charles S., McKerrow, James H., Caffrey, Conor R.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2685030/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19488406
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000449