Molecular characterisation of an autolytic amidase of listeria monocytogenes EGD

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1359-1367

  McLaughlan, Anna M ^a   Foster, Simon J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amidase; Autolysin; Listeria monocytogenes; Peptidoglycan hydrolase

Indexed keywords

AMIDASE; RECOMBINANT ENZYME;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0031782074     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-5-1359     Document Type: Article

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