Human chitotriosidase is expressed in the eye and lacrimal gland and has an antimicrobial spectrum different from lysozyme

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 69-78

  Hall, Andrew J ^a   Morroll, Shaun ^a   Tighe, Patrick ^a   Götz, Friedrich ^b   Falcone, Franco H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chitotriosidase; Innate immunity; Lysozyme

Indexed keywords

CHITOTRIOSIDASE; LYSOZYME;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LACRIMAL GLAND; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HEXOSAMINIDASES; HUMANS; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; MURAMIDASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; LISTERIA INNOCUA; MURINAE; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 39149125480     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: 1769714X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2007.10.007     Document Type: Article

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