Comparative genomics of mycobacterial proteases

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 43, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 173-178

  Ribeiro Guimarães, Michelle Lopes ^a,b   Pessolani, Maria Cristina Vidal ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; Comparative genomics; Mycobacteria; Pathogenesis; Proteases

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; PROTEINASE;

BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOINFORMATICS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; MYCOBACTERIUM; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 34548695934     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: 10961208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2007.05.010     Document Type: Review

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