Role of the propeptide in folding and secretion of elastase of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 297-306

  Braun, Peter ^a   Tommassen, Jan ^a   Filloux, Alain ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0030029288     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.381908.x     Document Type: Article

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