Identification of new members of the lytic transglycosylase family in Haemophilus influenzae and Escherichia coli

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 141-145

  Dijkstra, Arnoud J ^a   Keck, Wolfgang ^a  

^a F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; GENE PRODUCT; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; HYDROLASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE STRUCTURE; GENOME; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; LYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE;

EID: 0029739727     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.1996.2.141     Document Type: Article

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