Modification of autolysis by synthetic peptides derived from the presumptive binding domain of Staphylococcus aureus autolysin

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 463-472

  Takano, Mayumi ^a   Oshida, Tadahiro ^a,c   Yasojima, Akira ^a   Yamada, Masaki ^a   Okagaki, Chieko ^a   Sugai, Motoyuki ^b   Suginaka, Hidekazu ^b   Matsushita, Tadahiro ^a  

^a MITSUBISHI TANABE PHARMA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atl; Binding; Peptide; Repeat

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0033948623     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2000.tb02521.x     Document Type: Article

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