Mode of action of a germination-specific cortex-lytic enzyme, SleC, of Clostridium perfringens S40

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 884-892

  Kumazawa, Toshihiko ^a   Masayama, Atsushi ^a   Fukuoka, Satoshi ^b   Makino, Shio ^a   Yoshimura, Tohru ^a   Moriyama, Ryuichi ^c  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AIST Shikoku   (Japan)

^c CHUBU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacterial spore; Clostridium perfringens; Cortex lytic enzyme; Germination

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; HYDROLYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PEPTIDES;

BACTERIAL SPORES; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CORTEX LYTIC ENZYMES; GERMINATION;

ENZYME ACTIVITY;

AMINO ACID; CROSS LINKING REAGENT; HYDROLASE; LYSOZYME; PEPTIDE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENZYMOLOGY; FAST ATOM BOMBARDMENT MASS SPECTROMETRY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

AMINO ACIDS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; HYDROLASES; HYDROLYSIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MURAMIDASE; PEPTIDES; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, FAST ATOM BOMBARDMENT; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIA; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS;

EID: 34247463427     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.60511     Document Type: Article

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