Evidence for a holin-like protein gene fully embedded out of frame in the endolysin gene of Staphylococcus aureus bacteriophage 187

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 4452-4460

  Loessner, Martin J ^a   Gaeng, Susanne ^a   Scherer, Siegfried ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; HYDROLASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIOPHAGE; CELL MEMBRANE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; HYDROLYSIS; LYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 187;

EID: 0032809133     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.15.4452-4460.1999     Document Type: Article

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