The murein hydrolase of the bacteriophage φ3626 dual lysis system is active against all tested Clostridium perfringens strains

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 5311-5317

  Zimmer, Markus ^a   Vukov, Natǎsa ^a   Scherer, Siegfried ^a   Loessner, Martin J ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; CELLS; DISEASES; ENZYMES; GENES; RNA;

INCLUSION BODIES;

BACTERIOPHAGES;

AMIDASE; ARGININE TRANSFER RNA; ENDOLYSIN; HOLIN; HYDROLASE; ISOLEUCINE TRANSFER RNA; METAL CHELATE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN HYDROLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIOPHAGE;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIOPHAGE; CELL INCLUSION; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; POULTRY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BACTERIOPHAGE PHI3626; CLOSTRIDIA; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0036840423     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.11.5311-5317.2002     Document Type: Article

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