Isolation and properties of extracellular proteinases of Penicillium marneffei

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 387, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 985-993

  Moon, Jonathan L ^a   Shaw, Lindsey N ^a   Mayo, John A ^a   Potempa, Jan ^a,b   Travis, James ^a  

^a University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

AIDS; Eqolisin; Penicillium marneffei; Protease

Indexed keywords

ACID PROTEINASE; EQOLISIN; FUNGAL ENZYME; FUNGAL PROTEIN; PENICILLIUM NARNEFFEI ACID PROTEINASE 1; PENICILLIUM NARNEFFEI ACID PROTEINASE 2; PEPSTATIN; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; SERINE PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LIQUID CULTURE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; SUPERNATANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PENICILLIUM; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

FUNGI; PENICILLIUM MARNEFFEI;

EID: 33746216553     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: 14374315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.2006.122     Document Type: Conference Paper

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