Cell-wall determinants of the bactericidal action of group IIA phospholipase A2 against Gram-positive bacteria

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 715-721

  Foreman Wykert, Amy K ^a   Weinrauch, Yvette ^a   Elsbach, Peter ^a   Weiss, Jerrold ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFALOTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; MEMBRANE PHOSPHOLIPID; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIOSTASIS; DEGRADATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH INHIBITION; HOST RESISTANCE; HYDROLYSIS; INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0033104949     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI5468     Document Type: Article

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