Characterization of the hemorrhagic reaction caused by Vibrio vulnificus metalloprotease, a member of the thermolysin family

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 4851-4855

  Miyoshi, Shin Ichi ^a   Nakazawa, Hiromi ^a   Kawata, Koji ^a   Tomochika, Ken Ichi ^a   Tobe, Kazuo ^a   Shinoda, Sumio ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METALLOPROTEINASE; THERMOLYSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BLEEDING; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SEPTICEMIA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0031686026     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.10.4851-4855.1998     Document Type: Article

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