Proteolytic Enzyme Production by Strains of the Insect Pathogen Xenorhabdus and Characterization of an Early-Log-Phase-Secreted Protease as a Potential Virulence Factor

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 6901-6909

  Massaoud, Mustafa K ^a   Marokházi, Judit ^a   Fodor, András ^a   Venekei, István ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL STRAINS; CHROMOGENIC SUBSTRATE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DETECTION METHODS; DIFFERENT SUBSTRATES; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; IN-VITRO; INSECT PATHOGENS; MANDUCA SEXTA; METALLO-PROTEASE; N-TERMINALS; PROTEOLYTIC ACTIVITIES; PROTEOLYTIC ENZYME; SDS-PAGE; SERRALYSIN; VIRULENCE FACTORS; XENORHABDUS NEMATOPHILA; ZYMOGRAPHY;

BLOOD; CATALYSTS; DIFFUSERS (OPTICAL); ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYMES; HYDROLYSIS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

SUBSTRATES;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHROMOGENIC SUBSTRATE; GELATIN; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIUM; COLLAGEN; DETECTION METHOD; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GROWTH RATE; HYDROLYSIS; INHIBITION; MOTH; PATHOGEN; PROTEIN; SECRETION; VIRULENCE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; XENORHABDUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOGENIC COMPOUNDS; GELATIN; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; MANDUCA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; VIRULENCE FACTORS; XENORHABDUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GALLERIA MELLONELLA; HEXAPODA; MANDUCA SEXTA; PHOTORHABDUS; XENORHABDUS; XENORHABDUS NEMATOPHILA;

EID: 77958529585     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01567-10     Document Type: Article

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