Effect of ΦX174 protein E-mediated lysis on murein composition of Escherichia coli

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 149-157

  Witte, Angela ^a   Wanner, Gerhard ^b   Lubitz, Werner ^a   Höltje, Joachim Volker ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

X174; Escherichia coli; Lysis protein E; Murein

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIOPHAGE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIOLYSIS; BACTERIOPHAGE PHI X 174; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; EDETIC ACID; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032124917     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00210-9     Document Type: Article

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