Biochemical properties and primary structure of elastase inhibitor AFUEI from Aspergillus fumigatus

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 803-808

  Okumura, Yoshiyuki ^a,b   Matsui, Takeshi ^b   Ogawa, Kenji ^c   Uchiya, Kei Ichi ^b   Nikai, Toshiaki ^b  

^a Department of Validation   (Japan)

^b MEIJO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Meito ku   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIPAIN; DITHIOTHREITOL; ELASTASE INHIBITOR; MERCAPTOETHANOL; SNAKE VENOM; FUNGAL PROTEIN; LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE; PANCREATIC ELASTASE; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SWINE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ENZYMOLOGY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PANCREATIC ELASTASE; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

EID: 48949100709     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47789-0     Document Type: Article

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