Fluorigenic substrates for the protease activities of botulinum neurotoxins, serotypes A, B, and F

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 297-303

  Schmidt, James J ^a   Stafford, Robert G ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG PRODUCTS; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROLYSIS; POLYPEPTIDES; PROTEINS; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

KINETIC CONSTANTS;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

2,4 DINITROPHENYLLYSINE; BOTULINUM ANTISERUM; CYSTEINE DERIVATIVE; LYSINE DERIVATIVE; METALLOPROTEINASE; NEUROTOXIN; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEINASE; S [N (4 METHYL 7 DIMETHYLAMINO COUMARIN 3 YL)CARBOXAMIDOMETHYL]CYSTEINE; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ENZYME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; DRUG SCREENING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROLYSIS; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEROTYPE;

CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037228895     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.1.297-303.2003     Document Type: Article

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