Isolation of a microsporum canis gene family encoding three subtilisin-like proteases expressed in vivo

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 830-835

  Descamps, Frédéric ^a   Brouta, Frédéric ^a   Monod, Michel ^b   Zaugg, Christophe ^b   Baar, Didier ^a   Losson, Bertrand ^a   Mignon, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dermatophyte keratinase subtilisin like protease

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PROTEINASE; AMINO ACID; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEINASE; SUBTILISIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHYTE; ENZYME RELEASE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GUINEA PIG; IN VIVO STUDY; KERATINIZATION; MICROSPORUM CANIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

MICROSPORUM CANIS;

EID: 0036428571     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.2002.01784.x     Document Type: Article

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