Hyaluronidases of Gram-positive bacteria

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 201-207

  Hynes, Wayne L ^a   Walton, Sheryl Lynne ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyaluronate lyase; Hyaluronidase; Pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

HYALURONIC ACID; HYALURONIDASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STREPTOMYCES;

EID: 0033950837     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00669-2     Document Type: Short Survey

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