Relaxed cleavage specificity of an immunoglobulin A1 protease from Neisseria meningitidis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2875-2885

  Vitovski, Srdjan ^a   Sayers, Jon R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A1; PROLINE; SERINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME RELEASE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

EID: 34249888455     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01671-06     Document Type: Article

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