SepA, the 110 kDa protein secreted by Shigella flexneri: Two-domain structure and proteolytic activity

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1815-1822

  Benjelloun Touimi, Zineb ^a   Si Tahar, Mustapha ^b   Montecucco, Cesare ^c   Sansonetti, Philippe J ^a   Parsot, Claude ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cathepsin G; Inflammation; Protein domain; Serine protease; Shigella flexneri

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN I; CATHEPSIN G; FIBRONECTIN; PROTEINASE K;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; THROMBOCYTE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

EID: 3543013141     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-7-1815     Document Type: Article

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