Amino acid sequences of lysozymes newly purified from invertebrates imply wide distribution of a novel class in the lysozyme family

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 259, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 456-461

  Ito, Yuji ^a   Yoshikawa, Ayako ^a   Hotani, Takuji ^a   Fukuda, Seiko ^a   Sugimura, Kazuhisa ^b   Imoto, Taiji ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Characterization; Invertebrate; Lysozyme; Purification; Sequence

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LYSOZYME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; ENZYME STABILITY; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLLUSCA; MURAMIDASE; OLIGOCHAETA; PEPTIDE MAPPING; PROTEIN DENATURATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ASTEROIDEA; BIVALVIA; HIRUDINIDA; HIRUDO MEDICINALIS; INVERTEBRATA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 0033556162     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00064.x     Document Type: Article

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