ZapA, the IgA‐degrading metalloprotease of Proteus mirabilis, is a virulence factor expressed specifically in swarmer cells
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- 1 May 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Molecular Microbiology
- Vol. 32 (4) , 825-836
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01401.x
Abstract
The IgA-degrading metalloprotease, ZapA, of the urinary tract pathogen Proteus mirabilis is co-ordinately expressed along with other proteins and virulence factors during swarmer cell differentiation...This publication has 90 references indexed in Scilit:
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