Purification and properties of extracellular glucosyltransferase from Streptococcus bovis

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 115-120

  Uezono, Y ^a   Tsumori, H ^a   Shimamura, A ^a   Mukasa, H ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biochemistry; Glucosyltransferase; Streptococcus bovis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DEXTRAN; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; GLUCAN; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; MANNITOL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; ISOELECTRIC POINT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PH; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CATTLE; DEXTRANS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GLUCANS; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MANNITOL; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0030131108     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-302X.1996.tb00345.x     Document Type: Article

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