Preliminary characterisation of extracellular serine proteases of Dermatophilus congolensis isolates from cattle, sheep and horses

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 321-335

  Ambrose, N C ^a   Mijinyawa, M S ^b   Hermoso De Mendoza, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Min of Agric and Natural Resources   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dermatophilosis; Dermatophilus congolensis; Proteases; Zymography

Indexed keywords

1,10 PHENANTHROLINE; 3,4 DICHLOROISOCOUMARIN; 4 (2 AMINOETHYL)BENZENESULFONYL FLUORIDE; BESTATIN; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; IODOACETAMIDE; N [N (3 CARBOXYOXIRANE 2 CARBONYL)LEUCYL]AGMATINE; PHOSPHORAMIDON; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SERINE PROTEINASE; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORSE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SHEEP; SKIN INFECTION; VIRULENCE;

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; DERMATOPHILUS CONGOLENSIS; EQUIDAE; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0032528842     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(98)00223-5     Document Type: Article

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