Cloning and characterization of the gene (empV) encoding extracellular metalloprotease from Vibrio vulnificus

Gene

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 163-168

  Chuang, Yin Ching ^a,b   Chang, Tsong Min ^b   Chang, Ming Chung ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Amino acid sequence comparison; Nucleotide sequence; Prepropeptide; Recombinant DNA; Signal sequence

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; GENE PRODUCT; METALLOPROTEINASE; METALLOPROTEINASE INHIBITOR; PROTEINASE; ZINC;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO PROTEOLYTICUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 0030955131     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(96)00786-X     Document Type: Article

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