Identification of a fibrinolytic enzyme by Bacillus vallismortis and its potential as a bacteriolytic enzyme against Streptococcus mutans

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 605-610

  Kim, Jae Bum ^a   Jung, Woo Hyuk ^a   Ryu, Ji Myung ^a   Lee, Yeo Joon ^a   Jung, Joon Ki ^a   Jang, Hyung Wook ^a   Kim, Sung Woo ^a  

^a Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bacillus vallismortis Ace02; Bacteriolytic enzyme; Fibrinolytic enzyme

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; MOLECULAR MASS; PURIFICATION;

BACTERIOLYTIC ENZYMES; DENTAL CARIES; FIBRINOLYTIC ENZYMES; LYTIC ACTIVITY;

ENZYME KINETICS;

PEPTIDE HYDROLASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIOLYSIS; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FIBRINOLYSIS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS; BACTERIOLYSIS; CELL SURVIVAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FIBRINOLYSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS VALLISMORTIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 33847755486     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-006-9284-3     Document Type: Article

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