Purification and characterisation of a plasmin-sensitive surface protein of Staphylococcus aureus

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 236, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 904-910

  Hildén, Pekka ^a   Savolainen, Katri ^a   Tyynelä, Jaana ^b   Vuento, Matti ^c   Kuusela, Pentti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

bacterial adherence; plasmin; plasminogen; Staphylococcus aureus; surface proteins

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; METICILLIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0029988819     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.00904.x     Document Type: Article

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