A single-copy gene encodes kexl, a serine endoprotease of Pneumocystis jiroveci

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 571-574

  Kutty, Geetha ^a   Kovacs, Joseph A ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b MSC 1662 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN KEX1; SERINE PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GOLGI COMPLEX; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASCOMYCOTA; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DOSAGE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SUBTILISINS;

EID: 0037220765     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.1.571-574.2003     Document Type: Article

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