Extracellular proteolytic activities expressed by Bacillus pumilus isolated from endodontic and periodontal lesions

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 643-651

  Johnson, Blair T ^a,b,f   Shaw, Lindsey N ^c,d   Nelson, Daniel C ^e   Mayo, John A ^a,b,c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c University of Georgia   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Associates of Eau Claire   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOGENIC SUBSTRATE; CHYMOTRYPSIN; COLLAGEN; ELASTIN; PEPTIDASE; PEPTIDE; PROTEINASE; RIBOSOME RNA; SERINE PROTEINASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS PUMILUS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; COLLAGEN DEGRADATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTOLYSIS; ENDODONTICS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FERMENTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTITIS; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; TISSUE INJURY; TOOTH ROOT CANAL;

BACILLUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PULPITIS;

EID: 43049084839     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47754-0     Document Type: Article

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