Outer membrane-associated serine protease intestinal spirochetes

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 159-164

  Muniappa, Nagaraja ^a   Duhamel, Gerald E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Intestinal spirochetes; Outer membrane; Serine protease; Subtilase; Subtilisin like

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INTESTINE INFECTION; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; OUTER MEMBRANE; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROCHETE; TREPONEMA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIRDS; DOGS; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; HUMANS; MACACA MULATTA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; SERPULINA HYODYSENTERIAE; SUBTILISINS; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; BRACHYSPIRA AALBORGI; BRACHYSPIRA HYODYSENTERIAE; BRACHYSPIRA INNOCENS; BRACHYSPIRA PILOSICOLI; SPIROCHAETALES; TREPONEMA; TREPONEMA SUCCINIFACIENS;

EID: 0030883684     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00318-2     Document Type: Article

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