Variation of extracellular proteases produced by Vibrio vulnificus clinical isolates: Genetic diversity of the metalloprotease gene (vvp), and serine protease secretion by vvp-negative strains

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 494-500

  Wang, Jiyou ^a   Sasaki, Tomoko ^a   Maehara, Yoko ^a   Nakao, Hiroshi ^a   Tsuchiya, Tomofusa ^a   Miyoshi, Shin ichi ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Extracellular protease; PCR; Subtyping; Vibrio vulnificus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; METALLOPROTEINASE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EEL; GASTROENTERITIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; SEPTICEMIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; WOUND INFECTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; EELS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FISH DISEASES; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; JAPAN; METALLOPROTEASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SPAIN; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIBRIO INFECTIONS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 43049165306     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: 10961208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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