Low molecular weight chitosans-Preparation with the aid of pronase, characterization and their bactericidal activity towards Bacillus cereus and Escherichia coli

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects

Volumn 1770, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 495-505

  Vishu Kumar, Acharya B ^a   Varadaraj, Mandyam C ^a   Gowda, Lalitha R ^a   Tharanathan, Rudrapatnam N ^a  

^a CENTRAL FOOD TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Bactericidal activity; Low molecular weight chitosan; Mechanism; Pronase; Structure

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CHITOSAN DERIVATIVE; FATTY ACID; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT CHITOSAN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PRONASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETYLATION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CELL PERMEABILIZATION; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DEPOLYMERIZATION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ISOLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIPID MEMBRANE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ACETYLATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS CEREUS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CHITOSAN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRONASE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SOLUBILITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 33847169825     PISSN: 03044165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2006.12.003     Document Type: Article

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