The bactericidal action on Escherichia coli of ZF-RNase-3 is triggered by the suicidal action of the bacterium OmpT protease

FEBS Journal

Volumn 277, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1921-1928

  D'Alessio, Giuseppe ^a   Zanfardino, Anna ^a   Pizzo, Elio ^a   Di Maro, Antimo ^b   Varcamonti, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bactericidal activity; Danio rerio; Escherichia coli; RNase; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; DISULFIDE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; OMPTIN PROTEASE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; RIBONUCLEASE III; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME DENATURATION; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RNA CLEAVAGE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; ZEBRAFISH;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DANIO RERIO; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 77950503093     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2010.07614.x     Document Type: Article

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