An autolysin ring associated with cell separation of Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1565-1571

  Yamada, Sakuo ^a   Sugai, Motoyuki ^b   Komatsuzawa, Hitoshi ^b   Nakashima, Seiji ^b   Oshida, Tadahiro ^c   Matsumoto, Akira ^a   Suginaka, Hidekazu ^b  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MITSUBISHI TANABE PHARMA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDASE; GENE PRODUCT; LIPOTEICHOIC ACID; N ACETYLMURAMOYLALANINE AMIDASE;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL SEPARATION; CELL SURFACE; GENE LOCATION; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0029865232     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.6.1565-1571.1996     Document Type: Article

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