Subcellular localization of the major autolysin, ATL and its processed proteins in Staphylococcus aureus

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 469-479

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

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c MITSUBISHI TANABE PHARMA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

atl; Autolysin; LiCl; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0030785589     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1997.tb01880.x     Document Type: Article

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