Structural gene and strain specificity of a novel cysteine protease produced by Staphylococcus aureus isolated from a diseased chicken

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 89, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 201-210

  Takeuchi, Shotaro ^a   Matsunaga, Kazue ^a   Inubushi, Sachiko ^a   Higuchi, Hiroki ^a   Imaizumi, Keisuke ^a   Kaidoh, Toshio ^a  

^a FUKUI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Avian strain; Cysteine protease; ScpA gene; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN SCPA; PROTEIN SSPB; PROTEIN STAPHOPAIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATITIS; GENOME; HYBRIDIZATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHICKENS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY DISEASES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AVES; BOVINAE; GALLUS GALLUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 0037159105     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(02)00171-2     Document Type: Article

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