Identification and cloning of an aspartyl proteinase from Coccidioides immitis

Gene

Volumn 241, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 213-222

  Johnson, Suzanne M ^a   Kerekes, Kaye M ^a   Zimmermann, C Roger ^a   Williams, Robert H ^a   Pappagianis, Demosthenes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coccidioidomycosis; Enzyme; Fungus; Pathogen; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC PROTEINASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN ISOLATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COCCIDIOIDES; DNA, FUNGAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGAL VACCINES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0033987106     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(99)00478-3     Document Type: Article

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