Streptococcus uberis acquires plasmin activity following growth in the presence of bovine plasminogen through the action of its specific plasminogen activator

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 123-129

  Leigh, James A ^a   Lincoln, Ruth A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bovine plasminogen; Plasmin activity; Streptococcus uberis

Indexed keywords

PLASMIN; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL CULTURE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GROWTH RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; STREPTOCOCCUS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHROMOGENIC COMPOUNDS; HUMANS; MILK; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PLASMIN; PLASMINOGEN; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATORS; STREPTOCOCCUS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BOVINAE; STREPTOCOCCUS UBERIS;

EID: 0030959780     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00312-1     Document Type: Article

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