A novel anti-plant viral protein from coelomic fluid of the earthworm Eisenia foetida: Purification, characterization and its identification as a serine protease

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 381-385

  Ueda, Mitsuhiro ^a   Noda, Kanako ^a   Nakazawa, Masami ^a   Miyatake, Kazutaka ^a   Ohki, Satoshi ^a   Sakaguchi, Minoru ^b   Inouye, Kuniyo ^c  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti plant viral protein; Cold adapted enzyme; Plant viruses; Serine protease

Indexed keywords

SERINE PROTEINASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUCUMBER MOSAIC VIRUS; EARTHWORM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOSAIC VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TOMATO MOSAIC VIRUS;

CUCUMBER MOSAIC VIRUS; EISENIA FETIDA; LUMBRICUS RUBELLUS; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS; TOMATO MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 55549129920     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2008.08.005     Document Type: Article

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