Aerolysin is activated by metalloprotease in Aeromonas veronii biovar sobria

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 477-482

  Song, Tianyan ^a   Toma, Claudia ^a   Nakasone, Noboru ^a   Iwanaga, Masaaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROLYSIN; CASEIN; ELASTIN; METALLOPROTEINASE; METALLOPROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

AEROMONAS VERONII; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEMOLYSIS; HYDROLYSIS; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE;

AEROMONAS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HUMANS; METALLOPROTEASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PORE FORMING CYTOTOXIC PROTEINS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 3042620224     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.05405-0     Document Type: Article

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