Fibrinogen cleavage by the Streptococcus pyogenes extracellular cysteine protease and generation of antibodies that inhibit enzyme proteolytic activity

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 4326-4333

  Matsuka, Yury V ^a   Pillai, Subramonia ^a   Gubba, Siddeswar ^b   Musser, James M ^b   Olmsted, Stephen B ^a  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CASEIN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; EPITOPE; FIBRINOGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; RESORUFIN;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; HEMOSTASIS; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0032785373     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.9.4326-4333.1999     Document Type: Article

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