Identification of an elastolytic protease in stationary phase culture flitrates of M. tuberculosis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 59-64

  Rowland, Sharon S ^a   Ruckert, Jennifer L ^a   Burall Jr , Bryan N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Metalloprotease; Mycobacterium; Stationary phase protein; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PANCREATIC ELASTASE; PROTEASE INHIBITORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0030851431     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00138-9     Document Type: Article

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