Cleavage of the hormone human chorionic gonadotropin, by the type 1 IgA1 protease of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, and its implications

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 184, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 922-925

  Senior, B W ^a   Stewart, W W ^a   Galloway, C ^a   Kerr, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A1 PROTEINASE TYPE 1; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; LABOR; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

EID: 0035479132     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/323397     Document Type: Article

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