Metalloprotease production by Paenibacillus larvae during the infection of honeybee larvae

Microbiology

Volumn 157, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1474-1480

  Antúnez, Karina ^a   Arredondo, Daniela ^a   Anido, Matilde ^a   Zunino, Pablo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METALLOPROTEINASE; MILK PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT ENZYME;

AMERICAN FOULBROOD; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEGRADATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GEOGRAPHY; HONEYBEE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LARVA; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAENIBACILLUS; PAENIBACILLUS LARVAE; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; URUGUAY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BEES; LARVA; METALLOPROTEASES; PAENIBACILLUS; VIRULENCE;

APIS MELLIFERA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PAENIBACILLUS LARVAE; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 79955754048     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.044321-0     Document Type: Article

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