Isolation of a subtilisin-like serine protease gene (MyxSubtSP) from spores of Myxobolus cerebralis, the causative agent of whirling disease

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 245-251

  Dörfler, Christoph ^a   El Matbouli, Mansour ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cloning; Myxobolus cerebralis; Salmonid whirling disease; Serine protease

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PARASITIC DISEASE; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPORE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYXOBOLUS CEREBRALIS; SALMONIDAE;

PRIMER DNA; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; PROTOZOAL DNA; SUBTILISIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; EUKARYOTE; FISH DISEASE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN SPORE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; EUKARYOTA; FISH DISEASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SPORES, PROTOZOAN; SUBTILISIN;

EID: 33847028032     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao073245     Document Type: Article

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