Biological significance of IgA1 proteases in bacterial colonization and pathogenesis: Critical evaluation of experimental evidence

APMIS

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 321-338

  Kilian, Mogens ^a,b   Reinholdt, Jesper ^a   Lomholt, Hans ^a   Poulsen, Knud ^a   Frandsen, Ellen V G ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bacterial colonization; IgA1 protease; Immune evasion; Mucosal immunity

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A1; PROTEINASE;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; IMMUNITY; MUCOSA; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0030014069     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1996.tb00724.x     Document Type: Review

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