Sulfolobicins, specific proteinaceous toxins produced by strains of the extremely thermophilic archaeal genus Sulfolobus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 2985-2988

  Prangishvili, David ^a,c   Holz, Ingelore ^a   Stieger, Evelyn ^a   Nickell, Stephan ^a   Kristjansson, Jakob K ^b   Zillig, Wolfram ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b Technological Institute of Iceland   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; SULFOLOBICIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SULFOLOBUS; SULFOLOBUS ACIDOCALDARIUS; SULFOLOBUS SHIBATAE; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

CULTURE MEDIA; ENDOPEPTIDASES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SULFOLOBUS; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; SULFOLOBUS; SULFOLOBUS ACIDOCALDARIUS; SULFOLOBUS ISLANDICUS; SULFOLOBUS SHIBATAE; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS;

EID: 0034069304     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.10.2985-2988.2000     Document Type: Article

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