Trypsin-like proteins of the fungi as possible markers of pathogenicity

Fungal Biology

Volumn 114, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 151-159

  Dubovenko, Aleksej G ^a   Dunaevsky, Yakov E ^a   Belozersky, Mikhail A ^a   Oppert, Brenda ^b   Lord, Jeffrey C ^b   Elpidina, Elena N ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b GRAIN MARKETING AND PRODUCTION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Extracellular peptidases; Pathogens; Saprotrophs; Serine peptidase homologs; Trypsin like peptidases

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE; SERINE PROTEINASE; TRYPSIN;

ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID; BIOMARKER; DATABASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; GENOME; LIFESTYLE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BASIDIOMYCETES; BIOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGUS; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASE; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ANIMALS; ASCOMYCOTA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUNGI; GENOME, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MYCOSES; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRYPSIN;

ANIMALIA; ASCOMYCOTA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI; ZYGOMYCETES; ZYGOMYCOTA;

EID: 77949324127     PISSN: 18786146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2009.11.004     Document Type: Article

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