Localized perforation of the cell wall by a major autolysin: atl gene products and the onset of penicillin-induced lysis of Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2958-2962

  Sugai, Motoyuki ^a   Yamada, Sakuo ^b   Nakashima, Seiji ^a   Komatsuzawa, Hitoshi ^a   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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOLYSIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; N ACETYL BETA GLUCOSAMINIDASE; N ACETYLMURAMOYLALANINE AMIDASE; PENICILLIN G; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; BACTERIOLYSIS; GENE LOCATION; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0030940552     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.9.2958-2962.1997     Document Type: Article

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