Bacterial serine proteases secreted by the autotransporter pathway: Classification, specificity, and role in virulence

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 745-770

  Ruiz Perez, Fernando ^a   Nataro, James P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autotransporter; Cytotoxin; Glycoprotein; Immune evasion; SPATE

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEMS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; IMMUNE EVASION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SERINE PROTEASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84893841370     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 14209071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-013-1355-8     Document Type: Review

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