A bacteriolytic agent that detects and kills Bacillus anthracis

Nature

Volumn 418, Issue 6900, 2002, Pages 884-889

  Schuch, Raymond ^a   Nelson, Daniel ^a   Fischetti, Vincent A ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BLOOD; ENZYMES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PLANTS (BOTANY);

BACTERIOLYTIC AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LYSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOLOGICAL WEAPON;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIOLYSIS; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIOPHAGE PLYG; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPOROGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIOLYSIS; BACTERIOPHAGES; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; BIOTERRORISM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HYDROLASES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPORES, BACTERIAL; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; VIRAL PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; BACILLI; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0037158695     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01026     Document Type: Article

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