In vivo reaction of affinity-tag-labelled epidermin precursor peptide with flavoenzyme EpiD

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 25-32

  Kupke, Thomas ^a,b   Götz, Friedrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidermin; Flavoenzyme; Staphylococcus epidermidis

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; EPIDERMIN; FLAVOPROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

AFFINITY LABELING; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DECARBOXYLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOCINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBOXY-LYASES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HISTIDINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0342460506     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00216-4     Document Type: Article

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