Identification and characterization of a metalloprotease activity from Helicobacter pylori

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 3132-3137

  Windle, Henry J P ^a,b   Kelleher, Dermot ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

1,10 PHENANTHROLINE; 8 QUINOLINOL DERIVATIVE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BENZYLSULFONYL FLUORIDE; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; CALCIUM; CASEIN; DIPICOLINIC ACID; DITHIOTHREITOL; EDETIC ACID; LEUPEPTIN; MERCAPTOETHANOL; METALLOPROTEINASE; N [N (3 CARBOXYOXIRANE 2 CARBONYL)LEUCYL]AGMATINE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PEPSTATIN; PHOSPHORAMIDON; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

EID: 0030811277     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.8.3132-3137.1997     Document Type: Article

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