Polymorphic exocellular protease expression in clinical isolates of Trichophyton tonsurans

Mycopathologia

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 117-120

  Abdel Rahman, Susan M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Collagenase; Elastase; Keratinase; Protease; Tinea capitis; Trichophyton tonsurans

Indexed keywords

COLLAGENASE; KERATINASE; PANCREATIC ELASTASE; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE; PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOPHYTON;

CHILD; COLLAGENASES; ENDOPEPTIDASES; HUMANS; PANCREATIC ELASTASE; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOPHYTON;

TINEA; TRICHOPHYTON; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS;

EID: 0034941687     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010977014536     Document Type: Article

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