Bacterial walls, peptidoglycan hydrolases, autolysins, and autolysis

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 95-98

  Shockman, G D ^a   Daneo Moore, L ^a   Kariyama, R ^a   Massidda, O ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; HYDROLASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; POLYSACCHARIDE; RHAMNOSE;

ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029781803     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.1996.2.95     Document Type: Article

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