Increase in hyaluronic acid production by Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus strain deficient in β-glucuronidase in laboratory conditions

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 415-422

  Krahulec, Ján ^a   Krahulcová, Jana ^a  

^a Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOTECHNOLOGY; GLUCOSE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTAGENESIS; POLYSACCHARIDES;

GLUCURONIDASE; HOST IMMUNE DEFENSE; HYALURONIC ACID; MUTATED STRAINS;

ENZYME KINETICS;

AMINO ACID; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; HYALURONIC ACID; POLYSACCHARIDE;

BACTERIUM; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENZYME; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LABORATORY METHOD; MUTATION; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN METABOLISM; LABORATORY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI; WILD TYPE;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; GLUCURONIDASE; HYALURONIC ACID; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTATION; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI;

STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI SUBSP. ZOOEPIDEMICUS;

EID: 33745954554     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-005-0173-9     Document Type: Article

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