Studies on prolysostaphin processing and characterization of the lysostaphin immunity factor (Lif) of Stphylococcus simulans biovar staphylolyticus

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1251-1265

  Thumm, Günther ^a   Götz, Friedrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOLOGIC FACTOR; LYSOSTAPHIN; PROLYSOSTAPHIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; LYSOSTAPHIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA, TRANSFER, SER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SERINE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 0030970757     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.2911657.x     Document Type: Article

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