Purification and characterization of nitric oxide synthase from Staphylococcus aureus

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 222, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 177-182

  Hong, Il Sun ^a   Kim, Yong Kee ^a   Choi, Wahn Soo ^b   Seo, Dong Wan ^c   Yoon, Jong Woo ^a   Han, Jeung Whan ^a   Lee, Hoi Yong ^d   Lee, Hyang Woo ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b Konkuk University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Konyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Nitric oxide synthase; Purification; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CALCIUM ION; CALMODULIN; CITRULLINE; FLAVINE ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; FLAVINE MONONUCLEOTIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; PROTEIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0038397576     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00254-4     Document Type: Article

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