Pesticin displays muramidase activity

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1580-1583

  Vollmer, Waldemar ^a   Pilsl, Holger ^b   Hantke, Klaus ^b   Höltje, Joachim Volker ^a   Braun, Volkmar ^b,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c Mikrobiologie II   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN; LYSOZYME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHEROPLAST; YERSINIA PESTIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); TRITIUM; YERSINIA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 0031046041     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.5.1580-1583.1997     Document Type: Article

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