Bioluminescence of the insect pathogen Xenorhabdus luminescens
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Characterization of an Extracellular Protease from the Insect Pathogen Xenorhabdus luminescens.
Xenorhabdus luminescens Hm cultured in gelatin broth produced a single extracellular protease. The protease was purified by a factor of 500 and characterized as a monomeric protein with an approximate molecular weight of 61,000. On the basis of inhibitor studies and its pH optimum, the protease was classified as an alkaline metalloprotease with a pH optimum near 8; the isoelectric point of the ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
سال: 1989
ISSN: 0099-2240,1098-5336
DOI: 10.1128/aem.55.10.2607-2612.1989