Isolation and characterization of hemolysin activated by reductant from Prevotella intermedia

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-47

  Takada, Kazuko ^a   Fukatsu, Akira ^a   Otake, Shigeo ^a   Hirasawa, Masatomo ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hemolysin; Prevotella intermedia; Reductant

Indexed keywords

2 DIETHYLAMINOETHANOL; AMMONIUM SULFATE; CALCIUM ION; CYSTEINE; DITHIOTHREITOL; EDETIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; HEMOLYSIN; MACROGOL; MAGNESIUM ION; SEPHAROSE; TRYPSIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMOLYSIS; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PH; PREVOTELLA INTERMEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SUPERNATANT;

CULTURE MEDIA; HEAT; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PREVOTELLA INTERMEDIA; REDUCING AGENTS; TRYPSIN;

EID: 12244312161     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(02)00441-8     Document Type: Article

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