KatP, a novel catalase-peroxidase encoded by the large plasmid of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 3305-3315

  Brunder, Werner ^a   Schmidt, Herbert ^a   Karch, Helge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157; katP; Plasmid pO157; Plasmid encoded catalase peroxidase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CATALASE; PEROXIDASE; PLASMID DNA; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029855095     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-11-3305     Document Type: Article

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