Cloning, expression and characterisation of an HtrA-like serine protease produced in vivo by Mycobacterium leprae

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 104, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1132-1138

  Ribeiro Guimarães, Michelle Lopes ^a,b   Marengo, Eliana Blini ^c   Tempone, Antonio Jorge ^a   Amaral, Julio Jablonski ^a,b   Klitzke, Clécio F ^c   da Silveira, Erika K Xavier ^a   Portaro, Fernanda Calheta Vieira ^c   Pessolani, Maria Cristina Vidal ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Enzymatic activity; Fret peptides; Htra2; Mycobacterium leprae; Pathogenesis; Protease

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE;

EID: 72449196733     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762009000800010     Document Type: Article

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