Activation of protein C by arginine-specific cysteine proteinases (gingipains-R) from Porphyromonas gingivalis

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 380, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 75-80

  Hosotaki, Kiyoshi ^a,b   Imamura, Takahisa ^a   Potempa, Jan ^c   Kitamura, Nobuo ^b   Travis, James ^d  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial; Disseminated intravascular coagulation; Periodontitis; Phospholipid; Sepsis; Zymogen activation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED PROTEIN C; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; PHOSPHOLIPID; PROTEIN C;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FELIS CATUS; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS;

EID: 0032962004     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.1999.009     Document Type: Article

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