An extracellular protease from Brevibacillus laterosporus G4 without parasporal crystals can serve as a pathogenic factor in infection of nematodes

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 156, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 719-727

  Huang, Xiaowei ^a   Tian, Baoyu ^a   Niu, Qiuhong ^a   Yang, Jinkui ^a   Zhang, Lemin ^a   Zhang, Keqin ^a  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Brevibacillus laterosporus; Extracellular protease; Nematicide; Pathogenic factor

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; COLLAGEN; PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BREVIBACILLUS; BREVIBACILLUS LATEROSPORUS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; EXTRACT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; SUPERNATANT; TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; COLLAGEN; ENZYME STABILITY; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INSECT PROTEINS; NEMATODA; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BREVIBACILLUS LATEROSPORUS; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA;

EID: 20444368741     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2005.02.006     Document Type: Article

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