The hydrophilic C-terminal part of the lambda S holin is non-essential for intermolecular interactions

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 393-398

  Rietsch, Arne ^a,b   Fraisl, Peter ^a   Graschopf, Anton ^a   Bläsi, Udo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Holin; Oligomerization; Phage induced lysis

Indexed keywords

CHIMERIC PROTEIN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL MEMBRANE; GENE; HYDROPHILICITY; LYSIS; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIOLYSIS; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; CELL MEMBRANE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA;

EID: 0030851313     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00279-6     Document Type: Article

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