A role for PACE4 in the proteolytic activation of anthrax toxin protective antigen

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 3370-3375

  Gordon, Valery M ^a   Rehemtulla, Alnawaz ^b   Leppla, Stephen H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX TOXIN; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; FURIN; PROTEINASE; PSEUDOMONAS EXOTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHO CELL; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

EID: 0030807070     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.8.3370-3375.1997     Document Type: Article

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