Comparison of the microbicidal and muramidase activities of mouse lysozyme M and P

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 380, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 385-392

  Markart, Philipp ^a   Faust, Nicole ^b   Graf, Thomas ^b   Cheng Lun, N A ^c   Weaver, Timothy E ^c   Akinbi, Henry T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibacterial protein; Innate host defence; Lung; Lysozyme; Microbicidal activity; Muramidase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ECOSYSTEMS; ENZYMES; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING;

AIRWAY INFECTIONS; INTRATRACHEAL INFECTION;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

LYSOZYME; LYSOZYME M; LYSOZYME P; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG ACTIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; GENE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE LOCUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LYSOZYME M GENE; LYSOZYME P GENE; MORACEAE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL LINE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; INSECTS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROCOCCUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MURAMIDASE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MORACEAE; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 2942722351     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20031810     Document Type: Article

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