Isolation, activity and immunological characterisation of a secreted aspartic protease, CtsD, from Aspergillus fumigatus

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 216-224

  Vickers, Imelda ^a   Reeves, Emer P ^a   Kavanagh, Kevin A ^a   Doyle, Sean ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

ELISA; Galleria mellonella; Insect model; Pepstatin; Proteases; Siderophores; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PEPSTATIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BACULOVIRUS; BINDING SITE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL INCLUSION; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HYDROLYSIS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOTH; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PH; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SECRETION; SURVIVAL RATE; VIRULENCE;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BACULOVIRIDAE; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CULTURE MEDIA; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, FUNGAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROLYSIS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INCLUSION BODIES; LARVA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTHS; PEPSTATINS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SURVIVAL RATE; VIRULENCE;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 33847112385     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2006.12.012     Document Type: Article

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