Identification and characterization of Epp, the secreted processing protease for the Vibrio anguillarum EmpA metalloprotease

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 6589-6597

  Varina, Maureen ^a   Denkin, Steven M ^a   Staroscik, Andrew M ^a   Nelson, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPA METALLOPROTEASE; METALLOPROTEINASE; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPA PROCESSING PROTEASE GENE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GASTROINTESTINAL MUCOSA; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LISTONELLA ANGUILLARUM; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMON; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENE ORDER; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; METALLOPROTEASES; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OPEN READING FRAMES; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIBRIO;

LISTONELLA ANGUILLARUM;

EID: 53849095125     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00535-08     Document Type: Article

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