The chlamydia protease CPAF: Caution, precautions and function

Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 7-9

  Tan, Ming ^a   Sütterlin, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Protein cleavage; Protein degradation; Proteolysis

Indexed keywords

CPA FACTOR; PROTEINASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL; CHLAMYDIA; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; CHLAMYDIA; ENDOPEPTIDASES; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84908203944     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2049632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/2049-632X.12213     Document Type: Note

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