Abstract
One of the major proteins secreted by Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a 43-kDa protein, which is cleaved by
elastase into smaller fragments, including a 30-kDa and a 23-kDa fragment. The N-terminal 23-kDa fragment
was previously suggested as corresponding to a staphylolytic protease and was designated LasD (S. Park and
D. R. Galloway, Mol. Microbiol.
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