An aminopeptidase nutritionally important to Fusobacterium nucleatum

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1807-1813

  Rogers, A H ^a   Gunadi, A ^a,b   Gully, N J ^a   Zilm, P S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JEMBER   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Aminopeptidase; Fusobacterium nucleatum; Nutritional role; Oral cavity

Indexed keywords

1,10 PHENANTHROLINE; AMINOPEPTIDASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BESTATIN; CHELATING AGENT; COBALT; HYDROXYMERCURIBENZOIC ACID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031824976     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-7-1807     Document Type: Article

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