Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium species do not secrete protease that cleaves the MUC2 mucin which organises the colon mucus

Beneficial Microbes

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 343-350

  Subramani, D B ^a   Johansson, M E V ^a   Dahlen G ^a   Hansson, G C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Inflammation; Large intestine; Proteolytic; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MUCIN 2; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; COLON; ENZYMOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INTESTINE MUCOSA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LACTOBACILLUS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CELL LINE; COLON; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LACTOBACILLUS; MICE; MUCIN-2; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 84855912506     PISSN: 18762883     EISSN: 18762891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3920/BM2010.0039     Document Type: Article

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