SpeB-Spi: A novel protease-inhibitor pair from Streptococcus pyogenes

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 650-666

  Kagawa, Todd F ^a   O'Toole, Paul W ^b   Cooney, Jakki C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; STREPTOCOCCUS PROTEASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENE LOCATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; STOICHIOMETRY; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; EXOTOXINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

STAPHYLOCOCCI; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 22644433729     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04708.x     Document Type: Article

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