The single substitution I259T, conserved in the plasminogen activator Pla of pandemic Yersinia pestis branches, enhances fibrinolytic activity

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 4758-4766

  Haiko, Johanna ^a   Kukkonen, Maini ^a   Ravantti, Janne J ^b   Westerlund Wikström, Benita ^a   Korhonen, Timo K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ANTIPLASMIN; AMPICILLIN; ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; PLASMIN; PLASMINOGEN; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TETRACYCLINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIBRINOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PANDEMIC; PATHOGENESIS; PLAGUE; PLASMID; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE; YERSINIA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FIBRINOGEN; FIBRINOLYSIS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATORS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROTUS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 67749127374     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00489-09     Document Type: Article

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