Emulsifying Activities of Purified Alasan Proteins from Acinetobacter radioresistens KA53

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 1102-1106

  Toren, Amir ^a   Navon Venezia, Shiri ^a   Ron, Eliora Z ^a   Rosenberg, Eugene ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; EXCIPIENT; HYDROCARBON; SURFACTANT;

ACINETOBACTER; ARTICLE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ACINETOBACTER; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EXCIPIENTS; HYDROCARBONS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 0035290047     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.3.1102-1106.2001     Document Type: Article

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