The structure of Staphylococcus aureus epidermolytic toxin A, an atypic serine protease, at 1.7Å resolution

Structure

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 813-824

  Cavarelli, Jean ^a   Prévost, Gilles ^b   Bourguet, William ^a   Moulinier, Luc ^a   Chevrier, Bernard ^a   Delagoutte, Bénédicte ^a   Bilwes, Alexandrine ^a,c   Mourey, Lionel ^a,d   Rifai, Samer ^b   Piémont, Yves ^b   Moras, Dino ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c Salt Lake Institute   (United States)

^d INSTITUT DE PHARMACOLOGIE ET DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

Author keywords

Epidermolytic toxin; Serine hydrolase; Serine protease; Staphylococcus aureus; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 12644258522     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(97)00235-9     Document Type: Article

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