Molecular characterization of a germination-specific muramidase from Clostridium perfringens S40 spores and nucleotide sequence of the corresponding gene

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 3181-3187

  Chen, Yinghua ^a   Miyata, Shigeru ^a   Makino, Shio ^a   Moriyama, Ryuichi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYSOZYME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GERMINATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI;

EID: 0030924599     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.10.3181-3187.1997     Document Type: Article

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