Low molecular weight chitosans—Preparation with the aid of pronase, characterization and their bactericidal activity towards Bacillus cereus and Escherichia coli - Vishu Kumar, Acharya B.; Varadaraj, Mandyam C.; Gowda, Lalitha R.; Tharanathan, Rudrapatnam N. (Biochimica et biophysica acta, 2007)
Keywords: Acetylation; Amino Acid Sequence; Anti-Bacterial Agents - chemistry; Anti-Bacterial Agents - metabolism; Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology; Bacillus cereus - drug effects; Bacillus cereus - growth & development; Bacillus cereus - ultrastructure; Bactericidal activity; Cell Membrane - drug effects; Cell Membrane Permeability - drug effects; Chitosan - chemistry; Chitosan - metabolism; Chitosan - pharmacology; Chromatography, Gas; Escherichia coli - drug effects; Escherichia coli - growth & development; Escherichia coli - ultrastructure; Low molecular weight chitosan; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; Mechanism; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; Models, Molecular; Molecular Sequence Data; Molecular Weight; Pronase; Pronase - chemistry; Pronase - metabolism; Protein Conformation; Solubility; Spectrophotometry, Infrared; Structure; MIC; DP; LPS; Bactericidal activity; Mechanism; CFU; HPSEC; Low molecular weight chitosan; Pronase; SEM; GPC; Structure; DA; M r; GLC