Comparison of proteolytic activities produced by entomopathogenic Photorhabdus bacteria: Strain- and phase-dependent heterogeneity in composition and activity of four enzymes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 7311-7320

  Marokházi, Judit ^a   Lengyel, Katalin ^a   Pekár, Szilvia ^b   Felföldi, Gabriella ^a   Patthy, András ^a   Gráf, László ^a   Fodor, András ^a   Venekei, István ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PANNONIA   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ENZYMES; LIQUEFACTION; SUBSTRATES;

PEPTIDASE; PHASE VARIANTS; PHOTORHABDUS BACTERIA; PROTEOLYTIC ACTIVITIES;

BACTERIA;

CHROMOGENIC SUBSTRATE; ENZYME; GELATIN; METALLOPROTEINASE; PROTEINASE; THIMET OLIGOPEPTIDASE;

BACTERIUM; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL CULTURE; CELL HETEROGENEITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENTOMOPATHOGENY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GALLERIA MELONELLA; HEMOLYMPH; INFECTION; INSECT; LARVA; LIQUEFACTION; MEASUREMENT; MOTH; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHOTORHABDUS; PHOTORHABDUS LUMINESCENS; PHOTORHABDUS TEMPERATA; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE DATABASE; SYMBIOSIS; VIRULENCE; ZYMOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; GELATIN; HEMOLYMPH; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTHS; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PHOTORHABDUS; RHABDITOIDEA; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SYMBIOSIS; VIRULENCE;

ARACHNIDA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GALLERIA MELLONELLA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PHOTORHABDUS; PHOTORHABDUS LUMINESCENS; PHOTORHABDUS TEMPERATA;

EID: 10444263849     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.12.7311-7320.2004     Document Type: Article

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