A peptidoglycan hydrolase similar to bacteriophage endolysins acts as an autolysin in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 893-901

  Dillard, Joseph P ^a   Seifert, H Steven ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; HYDROLASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; BACTERIOPHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; HYDROLYSIS; LYSIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURNOVER TIME;

NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0030929187     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1997.mmi522.x     Document Type: Article

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