Characterization of an exported protease from Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 771-784

  Djafari, Soudabeh ^a   Ebel, Frank ^a   Deibel, Christina ^a   Krämer, Sylvia ^a   Hudel, Martina ^a   Chakraborty, Trinad ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; HEMOLYSIN; PROTEINASE; SHIGA TOXIN;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SECRETION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

EID: 0030799018     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.5141874.x     Document Type: Article

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