Purification and characterization of Bmcystatin-2 a cisteine protease inhibitor presents in Rhipicephalus(Boophilus) microplus tick hemocytes.

• Grant number: 09/17589-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: March 01, 2010
• End date: December 31, 2012
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Biochemistry - Molecular Biology
• Principal Investigator: Aparecida Sadae Tanaka
• Grantee: Stephen Lu
• Host Institution: Escola Paulista de Medicina (EPM). Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus São Paulo. São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 05/03514-9 - Studies of the physiological function and biotechnological potential of protease inhibitors and anti-hemostatics in hematophagous arthropods, AP.TEM

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

LU, STEPHEN; SOARES, TATIANE S.; VAZ JUNIOR, ITABAJARA S.; LOVATO, DIOGO V.; TANAKA, APARECIDA S.. Rmcystatin3, a cysteine protease inhibitor from Rhipicephalus microplus hemocytes involved in immune response. Biochimie, v. 106, p. 17-23, NOV 2014. (05/03514-9, 12/03657-8, 09/17589-1)