Purification and characterization of the lysozyme from the gut of the soft tick Ornithodoros moubata

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 989-997

  Kopáček, Petr ^a   Vogt, Ragnar ^b   Jindrák, Libor ^a   Weise, Christoph ^b   Šafařík, Ivo ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Inst Landscape Ecol Czech Acad S   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Anti bacterial activity; Lysozyme; Ornithodoros moubata; Tick gut

Indexed keywords

LYSOZYME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYMOLOGY; INTESTINE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; PH; RAINBOW TROUT; TICK;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MURAMIDASE; TICKS;

EID: 0344069728     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(99)00075-2     Document Type: Article

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