Purification and characterization of an extracellular protease from the fish pathogen Yersinia ruckeri and effect of culture conditions on production

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 3969-3975

  Secades, P ^a   Guijarro, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,10 PHENANTHROLINE; AMMONIA; AMMONIUM SULFATE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BENZYLSULFONYL FLUORIDE; CALCIUM ION; CASAMINO ACID; EDETIC ACID; EGTAZIC ACID; MAGNESIUM ION; METHYLNITRONITROSOGUANIDINE; PEPTIDASE; PEPTONE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PH; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; YERSINIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; YERSINIA RUCKERI;

EID: 0032881907     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.9.3969-3975.1999     Document Type: Article

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