Structure and function of a novel coliphage-associated sialidase

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 333-337

  MacHida, Yuichi ^a   Miyake, Katsuhide ^a   Hattori, Kouji ^a   Yamamoto, Shin ^a   Kawase, Mitsuo ^b   Iijima, Shinji ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NGK INSULATORS LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coliphage; Disulfide bond; Electron micrograph; Sialidase; Tail plate

Indexed keywords

SIALIDASE;

ARTICLE; COLIPHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISULFIDE BOND; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CELL FRACTIONATION; COLIPHAGES; DISULFIDES; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NEURAMINIDASE;

EID: 0033989566     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00613-8     Document Type: Article

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