A lytic transglycosylase of Neisseria gonorrhoeae is involved in peptidoglycan-derived cytotoxin production

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 2752-2757

  Cloud, Karen A ^a   Dillard, Joseph P ^a  

^a 471 Medical Sciences Bldg ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE DELETION; GONORRHEA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIOLYSIS; CYTOTOXINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0036259701     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.6.2752-2757.2002     Document Type: Article

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