Characterization of a Vibrio fischeri aminopeptidase and evidence for its influence on an early stage of squid colonization

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 3995-4002

  Fidopiastis, Pat M ^a   Rader, Bethany A ^b   Gerling, David G ^a   Gutierrez, Nestor A ^a   Watkins, Katherine H ^c   Frey, Michelle West ^c   Nyholm, Spencer V ^b   Whistler, Cheryl A ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOPEPTIDASE; CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUCUS SECRETION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SQUID; STEADY STATE; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

ALIIVIBRIO FISCHERI; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINOPEPTIDASES; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DECAPODIFORMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

CEPHALOPODA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUPRYMNA SCOLOPES; SEPIOLIDA; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 84866334544     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00108-12     Document Type: Article

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