Purification and partial characterisation of a fish lethal extracellular protease from Vibrio pelagius

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 89, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 181-194

  Farto, R ^a   Perez M J ^a   Fernandez Briera A ^a   Nieto, T P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

ECP; Lethal protease; Turbot; Vibrio pelagius

Indexed keywords

2 NAPHTHYLAMINE; CASEIN; PROTEINASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; FISH; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PETECHIA; TEMPERATURE; VIBRIO; VIBRIO PELAGIUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CASEINS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENDOPEPTIDASES; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FISH DISEASES; FLATFISHES; HEMOLYSIS; LEUCYL-BETA-NAPHTHYLAMIDASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VIBRIO; VIBRIO INFECTIONS;

LISTONELLA PELAGIA; SCOPHTHALMUS MAXIMUS; VIBRIO;

EID: 0037159117     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(02)00172-4     Document Type: Article

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