Purification and biophysical characterization of the core protease domain of anthrax lethal factor

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 396, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 643-647

  Gkazonis, Petros V ^a   Dalkas, Georgios A ^a   Chasapis, Christos T ^a   Vlamis Gardikas, Alexios ^b   Bentrop, Detlef ^c   Spyroulias, Georgios A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anthrax lethal factor; LF catalytic site; NMR spectroscopy; Recombinant protein expression; Zn metalloprotease

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX LETHAL FACTOR; ANTHRAX TOXIN; PROTEINASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC ION;

ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NITROGEN NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TOXIN STRUCTURE;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 77953023275     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.04.144     Document Type: Article

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