Characterization of a streptococcal endopeptidase with homology to human endothelin-converting enzyme

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 58-64

  Oetjen, J ^a   Fives Taylor, P ^a   Froeliger, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; BACTERIAL ENZYME; ENDOTHELIN CONVERTING ENZYME; HISTIDINE; METALLOPROTEINASE; METENKEPHALIN; NICKEL; PHOSPHORAMIDON; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEINASE; THIORPHAN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION VECTOR; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINASE INHIBITION; RABBIT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS PARASANGUINIS;

ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYTOSOL; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; HUMANS; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; RABBITS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0035158703     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.1.58-64.2001     Document Type: Article

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