Pichia anomala DBVPG 3003 secretes a ubiquitin-like protein that has antimicrobial activity

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1129-1134

  De Ingeniis, Jessica ^a   Raffaelli, Nadia ^a   Ciani, Maurizio ^a   Mannazzu, Ilaria ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI-FUNGAL ACTIVITIES; ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; CELL WALLS; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITIES; N TERMINALS; PICHIA ANOMALA; PROTEOLYTIC ENZYMES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; UBIQUITIN; UBIQUITIN LIKES; UBIQUITIN-LIKE PROTEINS; YEAST STRAINS;

AMINES; CELL MEMBRANES; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; YEAST;

PROTEINS;

ANTIBODY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN; SECRETION; TOXIN; YEAST;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BRETTANOMYCES; DEKKERA; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PICHIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; UBIQUITINS;

AMINES; CELLS; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; MEMBRANES; MICROBIOLOGY; PERMEABILITY; PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STRAINS; YEASTS;

BOVINAE; PICHIA ANOMALA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 59949087592     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01837-08     Document Type: Article

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