The n-acetylmuramoyl-l-alanine amidase encoded by the Bacillus subtilis 168 prophage SPβ

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 885-893

  Regamey, Alexandre ^a   Karamata, Dimitri ^a  

^a Institut de Genetique et de Biologie Microbiennes Universite de Lausanne   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis phage; Endolysin; Holin; N acetylmuramoyl L alanine amidase; Prophage SP

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA FRAGMENT; ENDOLYSIN; N ACETYLMURAMOYLALANINE AMIDASE; POLYPEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INDUCTION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MAPPING; HEAT SHOCK; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHAGE; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031967782     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-4-885     Document Type: Article

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