Mutational analysis of the active site of Pseudomonas fluorescens pyrrolidone carboxyl peptidase

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 3308-3313

  Le Saux, O ^a   Gonzales, T ^a   Robert Baudouy, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

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Indexed keywords

5 OXOPROLYL PEPTIDASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

EID: 0029891144     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.11.3308-3313.1996     Document Type: Article

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