The chymotrypsin-like protease complex of Treponema denticola ATCC 35405 mediates fibrinogen adherence and degradation

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 4364-4372

  Bamford, Caroline V ^a   Fenno, J Christopher ^b   Jenkinson, Howard F ^a   Dymock, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BENZYLSULFONYL FLUORIDE; CHYMOTRYPSIN; FIBRINOGEN; MAJOR SURFACE PROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEINASE; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; THROMBIN TIME; TREPONEMA DENTICOLA;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHYMASES; CHYMOTRYPSIN; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; FIBRINOGEN; HEMOSTASIS; HUMANS; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; PORINS; TREPONEMA DENTICOLA;

EID: 34548502272     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00258-07     Document Type: Article

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