Characterization of a novel ADAM protease expressed by Pneumocystis carinii

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 3328-3336

  Kennedy, Cassie C ^a   Kottom, Theodore J ^a   Limper, Andrew H ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAM PROTEIN; ADAM PROTEINASE; CASEIN; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FUNGAL LIFE CYCLE STAGE; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENOME; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RAT; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; WESTERN BLOTTING; ZYMOGRAPHY;

ADAM PROTEINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COENZYMES; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; ZINC;

EID: 67651211898     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01383-08     Document Type: Article

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