Purification, characterization, and primary structure of Clostridium perfringens lambda-toxin, a thermolysin-like metalloprotease

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 230-237

  Jin, F U ^a,b   Matsushita, Osamu ^a   Katayama, Sej Ichi ^a   Jin, Shengyong ^b   Matsushita, Chieko ^a   Minami, Junzaburo ^a   Okabe, Akinobu ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN; COLLAGEN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; FIBRONECTIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; METALLOPROTEINASE; THERMOLYSIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030058645     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.1.230-237.1996     Document Type: Article

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