Genetic and biochemical properties of a hemolysin (pyolysin) produced by a swine isolate of Arcanobacterium (Actinomyces) pyogenes

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-7

  Ikegami, Mitsuhiro ^a,c   Hashimoto, Nozomu ^a   Kaidoh, Toshio ^a   Sekizaki, Tsutomu ^b   Takeuchi, Shotaro ^a  

^a FUKUI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c OTSUKA CHEMICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arcanobacterium pyogenes; Hemolysin; Plo gene; Pyolysin

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CYSTEINE; CYTOLYSIN; HEMOLYSIN; THIOGLYCOLIC ACID; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARCANOBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ANIMALIA; ARCANOBACTERIUM PYOGENES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA; SUS SCROFA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0033972716     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2000.tb01239.x     Document Type: Article

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