Flexibacter japonensis sp. nov., a new species that produces a novel inhibitor of human leukocyte elastase isolated from soil

Current Microbiology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 89-93

  Fujita, Takashi ^a   Okamoto, Masanori ^a   Kosako, Yoshimasa ^b   Okuhara, Masakuni ^a  

^a ASTELLAS PHARMA INC   (Japan)

^b RIKEN BIORESOURCE CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; DNA; ELASTASE INHIBITOR; GUANINE; LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL MICROFLORA; SPECIES;

BACTEROIDETES; CYANOACRYLATES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PANCREATIC ELASTASE; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0029824263     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849900080     Document Type: Article

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