Production and characterization of metalloproteases synthesized concomitantly with δ-endotoxin by Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki strain grown on gruel-based media

Enzyme and Microbial Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 3-5, 1999, Pages 364-371

  Zouari, Nabil ^a   Jaoua, Samir ^a  

^a CENTRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE SFAX   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

endotoxin; Bacillus thuringiensis; Gruel based media; Proteases

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BACTERIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBON; NITROGEN; PH; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); STARCH; SUBSTRATES;

AMYLASE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; ENDOTOXIN; GRUEL BASED MEDIA; PROTEASES;

ENZYMES;

AMYLASE; ENDOTOXIN; GLUCAN 1,4 ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; METALLOPROTEINASE; PROTEINASE; PULLULANASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

EID: 0033180054     PISSN: 01410229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-0229(99)00054-X     Document Type: Article

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