Cell surface protease PRT1 identified in the fungal pathogen Pneumocystis carinii

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1723-1733

  Lugli, Elena B ^a   Bampton, Edward T W ^a   Ferguson, David J P ^b   Wakefield, Ann E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; PROTEINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; FUNGAL GENETICS; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

FUNGI; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; RATTUS;

EID: 0032989375     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01306.x     Document Type: Article

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