Identification of a chitin-binding protein secreted by Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1257-1263

  Folders, Jindra ^a   Tommassen, Jan ^a   Van Loon, Leendert C ^a   Bitter, Wilbert ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; CHITIN; CHITINASE; ELASTASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STREPTOMYCES; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELLULOSE; CHITIN; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES HALSTEDII; STREPTOMYCES OLIVACEOVIRIDIS; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

EID: 0033953969     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.5.1257-1263.2000     Document Type: Article

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