Molecular characterization of group A streptococcal (GAS) oligopeptide permease (Opp) and its effect on cysteine protease production

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1087-1099

  Podbielski, Andreas ^a   Pohl, Barbara ^a   Woischnik, Markus ^a   Körner, Christiane ^a   Schmidt, Karl Hermann ^b   Rozdzlnski, Eva ^c   Leonard, Bettina A B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; OLIGOPEPTIDE PERMEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SECRETION; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A;

EID: 0029798285     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.661421.x     Document Type: Article

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