Analysis of the catalytic domain of the lysin of the lactococcal bacteriophage Tuc2009 by chimeric gene assembling

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-28

  Sheehan, Michelle M ^a,b   García, José L ^a   López, Rubens ^a   García, Pedro ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Autolysin; Glycosidase; Lactococcus lactis; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CHOLINE; LYSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CHIMERA; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE FUSION; HYDROLYSIS; LACTOCOCCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIOPHAGE TUC2009; LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0029906313     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00151-6     Document Type: Article

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