Two novel IgG endopeptidases of Streptococcus equi: Research letter

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 298, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 44-50

  Hulting, Greta ^a   Flock, Margareta ^b   Frykberg, Lars ^a   Lannergård, Jonas ^c   Flock, Jan Ingmar ^b   Guss, Bengt ^a,b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

IdeE; IdeS; IdeZ; IgG endopeptidases; Streptococcus equi; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

EDEE2 ENZYME; EDEZ2 ENZYME; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PROTEINASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; STRANGLES; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; CATS; CATTLE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDOPEPTIDASES; GOATS; HORSES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LAGOMORPHA; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RABBITS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SHEEP; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

CAPRA HIRCUS; EQUIDAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OVIS ARIES; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI;

EID: 68149128414     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01698.x     Document Type: Article

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