Bacterial proteases: current therapeutic use and future prospects for the development of new antibiotics
- 25 February 2001
- journal article
- Published by Informa Healthcare in Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents
- Vol. 11 (2), 221-259
- https://doi.org/10.1517/13543776.11.2.221
Abstract
Proteases of the serine-, cysteine- and metallo- type are widely spread in many pathogenic bacteria, where they play critical functions related to colonisation and evasion of host immune defences, ...Keywords
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