Recombinant expression and antigenic properties of a 31.5-kDa keratinolytic subtilisin-like serine protease from Microsporum canis

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-34

  Descamps, Frédéric ^a   Brouta, Frédéric ^a   Vermout, Sandy ^a   Monod, Michel ^b   Losson, Bertrand ^a   Mignon, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

ELISA; Keratinase; Lymphoproliferation test; Microsporum canis; Pichia pastoris; Subtilisin like protease

Indexed keywords

KERATINASE; SERINE PROTEINASE; SUBTILISIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; KERATINOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MICROSPORUM CANIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PICHIA PASTORIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

MICROSPORUM CANIS; PICHIA PASTORIS;

EID: 0142061082     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(03)00101-9     Document Type: Article

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