Cloning, sequencing and expression of the gene encoding the extracellular metalloprotease of Aeromonas caviae

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 341-347

  Kawakami, Kouji ^a   Toma, Claudia ^a   Honma, Yasuko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aeromonas caviae; DNA sequencing; Metalloprotease

Indexed keywords

METALLOPROTEINASE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AEROMONAS PUNCTATA; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

AEROMONAS CAVIAE; AEROMONAS PUNCTATA; EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO PROTEOLYTICUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 0034084232     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2000.tb02504.x     Document Type: Article

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