Identification and isolation of a bactericidal domain chicken egg white lysozyme

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 372-378

  Pellegrini, A ^a,b   Thomas, U ^a   Bramaz, N ^a   Klauser, S ^b   Hunziker, P ^b   Von Fellenberg, R ^a  

^a Division of Applied Physiology   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ARGININE; BACTERIA; BACTERICIDES; ENZYMES;

AMINO-ACIDS; ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBACTERIALS; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CHICKEN EGG WHITE LYSOZYME; GRAM POSITIVE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; ITS SEQUENCES; SYNTHESISED; TERMINAL SIDES;

PEPTIDES;

EGG WHITE; LYSOZYME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SERRATIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 0030983227     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1997.00372.x     Document Type: Article

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