Molecular cloning and biochemical characterization of a Cu,Zn-superoxide dismutase from Scedosporium apiospermum

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 558-565

  Lima, Osana C ^a,d   Larcher, Gérald ^a   Vandeputte, Patrick ^a   Lebouil, Anne ^b   Chabasse, Dominique ^a   Simoneau, Philippe ^c   Bouchara, Jean Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^b ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cystic fibrosis; Scedosporium apiospermum; Superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; POLYPEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DATA BASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MYCELIUM; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SCEDOSPORIUM APIOSPERMUM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COPPER; SCEDOSPORIUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; ZINC;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FUNGI; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PSEUDALLESCHERIA BOYDII;

EID: 34247175289     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: 1769714X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2007.01.027     Document Type: Article

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