Single-molecule imaging of interaction between dextran and glucosyltranferase from Streptococcus sobrinus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1162-1166

  Kaseda, Kuniyoshi ^a,e   Yokota, Hiroaki ^b   Ishii, Yoshiharu ^b   Yanagida, Toshio ^b,c   Inoue, Tetsuyoshi ^d   Fukui, Kazuhiro ^d   Kodama, Takao ^a  

^a KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^d OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; RHODAMINE; SUCROSE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HISTOGRAM; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REACTION TIME; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS; VIDEORECORDING;

DEXTRANS; FLUORESCENT DYES; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; RHODAMINES; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS;

EID: 0033959684     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.4.1162-1166.2000     Document Type: Article

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