Identification of potent bactericidal compounds produced by escapin, an L-amino acid oxidase in the ink of the sea hare Aplysia californica

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 4455-4462

  Ko, Ko Chun ^a   Wang, Binghe ^a   Tai, Phang C ^a   Derby, Charles D ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ALPHA KETO EPSILON AMINOCAPROIC ACID; AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; AMINO ACID OXIDASE; AMINOCAPROIC ACID DERIVATIVE; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; ARGININE; BACTERICIDE; ESCAPIN; ESCAPIN END PRODUCT OF LYSINE; ESCAPIN INTERMEDIATE PRODUCT OF LYSINE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LACTAM DERIVATIVE; LYSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDITY; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; APLYSIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG POTENCY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

AMINOCAPROIC ACIDS; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; APLYSIA; BACTERIA; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; L-AMINO ACID OXIDASE; LYSINE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

EID: 57049171545     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01103-08     Document Type: Article

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