Isolation and characterisation of a 13.8-kDa bacteriolytic enzyme from house dust mite extracts: Homology with prokaryotic proteins suggests that the enzyme could be bacterially derived

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 77-88

  Mathaba, Leslie T ^a   Pope, Catherine H ^a   Lenzo, Jason ^a   Hartofillis, Maria ^a   Peake, Helen ^a   Moritz, Robert L ^b   Simpson, Richard J ^b   Bubert, Andreas ^c   Thompson, Philip J ^a   Stewart, Geoffrey A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Microbiological Analytics   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacteriolysin; Der p 2; Listeria monocytogenes; Mite; Mycobacterial invasin; P60 superfamily

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HYDROXYAPATITE; PROTEINASE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACTERIOLYSIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DUST; GENETIC CODE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LYSIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MITE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOLYSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DUST; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYMES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HOUSING; MITES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

EID: 0037013935     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(02)00280-8     Document Type: Article

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