Identification, cloning, and sequencing of the immunoglobulin A1 protease gene of Streptococcus pneumoniae

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 3967-3974

  Wani, Javaid H ^a   Gilbert, Joanne V ^b   Plaut, Andrew G ^b   Weiser, Jeffrey N ^a,b,c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A1; METALLOPROTEINASE; PROTEINASE; ZINC;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BINDING SITE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUINIS; TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 0029797254     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.10.3967-3974.1996     Document Type: Article

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