Functional comparison of serine protease autotransporters of Enterobacteriaceae

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 7105-7113

  Dutta, Pinaki R ^a   Cappello, Renato ^a,b   Navarro García, Fernando ^c   Nataro, James P ^a,d  

^a University of Maryland School of Medicine Center for Vaccine Development   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^d Center for Vaccine Development   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CARRIER PROTEIN; DNA; ENTEROTOXIN; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CELL LINE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036893427     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.12.7105-7113.2002     Document Type: Article

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