Salt in surroundings influences the production of serine protease into milieu by Aeromonas sobria

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 963-976

  Khan, Rasel ^a   Takahashi, Eizo ^a   Ramamurthy, Thandavarayan ^b   Takeda, Yoshifumi ^b   Okamoto, Keinosuke ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aeromonas sobria; Chaperone; Salt; Serine protease

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; CHAPERONE; SERINE PROTEINASE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AEROMONAS SOBRIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SECRETION; SALINITY; SALT STRESS; SUPERNATANT;

AEROMONAS SOBRIA;

EID: 35448956741     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: 13480421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2007.tb03993.x     Document Type: Article

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