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Cysteine Protease Genes

Known as: Cysteine Proteinase Gene, Cysteine Peptidase Gene, Thiol Protease Gene 
Cysteine Protease Genes encode endopeptidases, inactivated by sulfhydryl reagents, that have a cysteine residue involved in the catalytic process… 
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Two new cysteine proteinases with specific expression patterns in mature and senescent tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) leaves.
Cysteine proteinases are involved in various physiological and developmental processes in plants. Two cDNAs from senescent and… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
The Intestinal Protozoan Parasite Entamoeba histolytica Contains 20 Cysteine Protease Genes, of Which Only a Small Subset Is Expressed during In Vitro Cultivation
ABSTRACT Cysteine proteases are known to be important pathogenicity factors of the protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica. So… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Circadian and senescence-enhanced expression of a tobacco cysteine protease gene
A cDNA clone encoding a cysteine protease was isolated from a tobacco cDNA library, utilizing as a probe a PCR fragment obtained… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Leishmania major: comparison of the cathepsin L- and B-like cysteine protease genes with those of other trypanosomatids.
Cysteine proteases play important roles in the pathogenesis of several parasitic infections and have been proposed as targets for… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Isolation and characterization of four developmentally regulated cathepsin B-like cysteine protease genes from the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.
Cathepsin B cysteine protease enzymes have been shown to be involved in a variety of different biological processes in eukaryotes… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Mch2, a new member of the apoptotic Ced-3/Ice cysteine protease gene family.
We have developed a PCR approach to clone new apoptotic Ced-3/Ice-like cysteine protease genes. This approach uses degenerate… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
A cysteine protease encoded by the baculovirus Bombyx mori nuclear polyhedrosis virus
Sequence analysis of the BamHI F fragment of the genome of Bombyx mori nuclear polyhedrosis virus (BmNPV) revealed an open… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Two distinct gene subfamilies within the family of cysteine protease genes.
A cDNA clone for a physiologically regulated Tetrahymena cysteine protease gene was sequenced. The nucleotide sequence predicts… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Cloning of a virulence factor of Entamoeba histolytica. Pathogenic strains possess a unique cysteine proteinase gene.
Cysteine proteinases are hypothesized to be important virulence factors of Entamoeba histolytica, the causative agent of amebic… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Amplification and sequencing of genomic DNA fragments encoding cysteine proteases from protozoan parasites.
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