Effect of Pseudomonas aeruginosa crude proteolytic fraction on antibacterial activity of Galleria mellonella haemolymph

Folia Biologica

Volumn 52, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 91-96

  Andrejko, Mariola ^a  

^a MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides; Extracellular proteases; Galleria mellonella; Lysozyme; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENZYME ANTIBODY; LYSOZYME; PROTEINASE;

ACID GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIOAUTOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION WELL ASSAY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI D31; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HEMOLYMPH; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOTH; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS; HEMOLYMPH; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LARVA; MOTHS; MURAMIDASE; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; LEPIDOPTERA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 3142776350     PISSN: 00155497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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