Characterization of an endoprotease (PrpL) encoded by a PvdS-regulated gene in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 5385-5394

  Wilderman, P J ^a   Vasil, A I ^a   Johnson, Z ^a   Wilson, M J ^a   Cunliffe, H E ^a   Lamont, I L ^a   Vasil, M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CASEIN; DECORIN; ELASTIN; ENDOPROTEASE; LACTOFERRIN; PROTEIN PRPL; PROTEIN PTXR; PROTEIN PVDS; PROTEINASE; TRANSFERRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME ASSAY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CODE; LUNG INFECTION; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IRON; MILK; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RATS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SIGMA FACTOR; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0034873465     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.9.5385-5394.2001     Document Type: Article

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