Extracellular proteolytic activation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa aminopeptidase (PaAP) and insight into the role of its non-catalytic N-terminal domain

• Itschak Axelrad,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Maurice and Gabriela Goldschleger Eye Research Institute, Tel Aviv University Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Ramat Gan, Israel

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• Mary Safrin,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Maurice and Gabriela Goldschleger Eye Research Institute, Tel Aviv University Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Ramat Gan, Israel

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• Rivka Cahan,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel

  Affiliation Maurice and Gabriela Goldschleger Eye Research Institute, Tel Aviv University Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Ramat Gan, Israel

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• Sang-Jin Suh,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M College of Dentistry, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

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• Dennis E. Ohman,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America, McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

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• Efrat Kessler

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: ekessler@tauex.tau.ac.il

  Affiliation Maurice and Gabriela Goldschleger Eye Research Institute, Tel Aviv University Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Ramat Gan, Israel

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2129-5437

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