Purification and cloning of a streptokinase from Streptococcus uberis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1072-1078

  Johnsen, Laust B ^a   Poulsen, Knud ^a   Kilian, Mogens ^a   Petersen, Torben E ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Protein Chemistry Laboratory   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS UBERIS;

STREPTOCOCCUS EQUISIMILIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STREPTOCOCCUS UBERIS;

EID: 0033052674     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.3.1072-1078.1999     Document Type: Article

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