EspP, a novel extracellular serine protease of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 cleaves human coagulation factor V

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 767-778

  Brunder, Werner ^a   Schmidt, Herbert ^a   Karch, Helge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5; SERINE PROTEINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEMORRHAGIC COLITIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030917724     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.3871751.x     Document Type: Article

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