Enzyme Precursors

Bacterial Infections
Binding of Pro-Matrix Metalloproteinase 9 by Fusobacterium nucleatum subsp. nucleatum as a Mechanism To Promote the Invasion of a Reconstituted Basement Membrane
Renée Gendron, Pascale Plamondon, Daniel Grenier
Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions
Proapoptotic Effect of Proteolytic Activation of Matrix Metalloproteinases by Streptococcus pyogenes Thiol Proteinase (Streptococcus Pyrogenic Exotoxin B)
Fumio Tamura, Rumiko Nakagawa, Teruo Akuta, Shigefumi Okamoto, Shigeyuki Hamada, Hiroshi Maeda, Shigetada Kawabata, Takaaki Akaike
Bacterial Infections
Potential Involvement of Gelatinases and Their Inhibitors in Mannheimia haemolytica Pneumonia in Cattle
Amanda E. Starr, Tonima Dan, Kanwal Minhas, Patricia E. Shewen, Brenda L. Coomber
Molecular Pathogenesis
Gingipain RgpB Is Excreted as a Proenzyme in the vimA-Defective Mutant Porphyromonas gingivalis FLL92
G. Jon Olango, Francis Roy, Shaun M. Sheets, Mary K. Young, Hansel M. Fletcher
Host Response and Inflammation
Upregulation of Monocyte Urokinase Plasminogen Activator Receptor during Human Endotoxemia
Pascale E. P. Dekkers, Tessa ten Hove, Anje A. te Velde, Sander J. H. van Deventer, Tom van der Poll