Regulation of bacterial protease activity

Cellular and Molecular Biology Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 212-229

  Władyka, Benedykt ^a   Pustelny, Katarzyna ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Operon; Protease; Protease inhibitor; Staphylococcus; Zymogen

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PROTEINASE; AUREOLYSIN; BACTERIAL ENZYME; ELASTASE; ENZYME; GLUTAMYLENDOPEPTIDASE; PROTEINASE; SPLA SPLF ENZYME; STAPHOPAIN A; STAPHOPAIN A2; STAPHOPAIN B; STREPTOPAIN; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VVP ENZYME; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENUS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; REVIEW;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 51549095242     PISSN: 14258153     EISSN: 16891392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11658-007-0048-4     Document Type: Article

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