Evaluation of cell wall binding domain of Staphylococcus aureus autolysin as affinity reagent for bacteria and its application to bacterial detection

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-61

  Ahmed, Abo Bakr F ^a   Noguchi, Kanako ^a   Asami, Yasuo ^a   Nomura, Kazutaka ^a   Fujii, Hiroya ^b   Sakata, Minoru ^b   Tokita, Akihiko ^b   Noda, Kenichi ^a   Kuroda, Akio ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Bussan Nanotech Research Institute Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

affinity reagent; bacterial probe; cell wall binding; microbe counting

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BINDING ENERGY; CELL MEMBRANES; DISSOCIATION; FLUORESCENCE;

AFFINITY REAGENTS; BACTERIAL PROBES; CELL WALL BINDING (CWB); GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN (GFP); MICROBE COUNTING;

ENZYMES;

AUTOLYSIN; BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LUCIFERASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL WALL; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; NONHUMAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CELL WALL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LACTOBACILLUS; LUCIFERASES; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SPORES, BACTERIAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 34547700026     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1263/jbb.104.55     Document Type: Article

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