Analysis of the specificity of bacterial immunoglobulin A (IgA) proteases by a comparative study of ape serum IgAs as substrates

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 933-937

  Qiu, Jiazhou ^a   Brackee, Gordon P ^b,d   Plaut, Andrew G ^a,c  

^a Tupper Research Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FC FRAGMENT; PROTEINASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CLOSTRIDIUM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0030022126     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.3.933-937.1996     Document Type: Article

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