A Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain isolated from a Contact Lens-Induced Acute Red Eye (CLARE) is protease-deficient

Current Eye Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 157-165

  Estrellas Jr , Philip S ^a   Alionte, Laura G ^a   Hobden, Jeffery A ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkaline protease; Contact lens induced acute red eye (CLARE); Elastase; Protease IV; Pseudomonas

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PROTEINASE; ELASTASE; GELATIN; PROTEINASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLORIMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA ULCER; CYTOLYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EYE INFECTION; FEMALE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; KERATITIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; ZYMOGRAPHY;

EID: 6744268038     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/0271-3683(200003)2031-9FT157     Document Type: Article

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