Secretion of haemolysins and proteases by Aeromonas hydrophila EO63: Separation and characterization of the serine protease (caseinase) and the metalloprotease (elastase)

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 994-1001

  Esteve, C ^a   Birkbeck, T H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. hydrophila; Exoenzymes production; Isoelectrophoresis; Kinetics of growth; Metallo elastase; Serine caseinase; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

CASEIN; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLYCOPROTEINS; GROWTH KINETICS; PURIFICATION;

A HYDROPHILUM; ELASTASE; EXO-ENZYMES; EXOENZYME PRODUCTION; HYDROPHILA; ISOELECTROPHORESIS; KINETIC OF GROWTH; METALLO-ELASTASE; SERINE CHARACTERIZATION OF THE SERINE PROTEASE; SERINE PROTEASE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

AMINO ACIDS;

AEROLYSIN; CASEIN; DITHIOTHREITOL; ELASTASE; ELASTIN; HEMOLYSIN; METALLOPROTEINASE; PROTEINASE; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ENZYME ACTIVITY;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EEL; ELASTOLYSIS; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME RELEASE; ENZYME STABILITY; FISH; FRACTIONATION; HEMOLYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; LD 50; NONHUMAN; PH; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SUPERNATANT; THERMOSTABILITY; WILD TYPE;

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ANGUILLIFORMES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 2342479837     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2004.02227.x     Document Type: Article

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