Characterization of Pic, a secreted protease of Shigella flexneri and enteroaggregative Escherichia coli

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 5587-5596

  Henderson, Ian R ^a   Czeczulin, John ^a   Eslava, Carlos ^b   Noriega, Fernando ^a   Nataro, James P ^a  

^a University of Maryland School of Medicine Center for Vaccine Development   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYALURONIDASE; PROTEINASE; SERINE PROTEINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME RELEASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

EID: 0032734808     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.11.5587-5596.1999     Document Type: Article

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