Molecular cloning, sequencing, and expression of lytM, a unique autolytic gene of Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 3625-3631

  Ramadurai, Lakshmi ^a   Jayaswal, Radheshyam K ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LOCATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CAPITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SIMULANS;

EID: 0031006866     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.11.3625-3631.1997     Document Type: Article

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