Identification and partial characterization of an elastolytic protease in the amphibian pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 92, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 149-158

  Moss, A S ^a   Carty, N ^a   San Francisco, M J ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Chytridiomycosis; Pathogenicity

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; METAL; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

AMPHIBIAN; CALCIUM; EDTA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MAGNESIUM; PATHOGENICITY; PEPTIDE; PH; POPULATION DECLINE; SKIN; ZINC;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; ENZYMOLOGY; FROGS AND TOADS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SKIN; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; ANURA; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGAL PROTEINS; METALS; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; SKIN; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI;

EID: 78650461335     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao02223     Document Type: Article

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