A peptidoglycan hydrolase motif within the mycobacteriophage TM4 tape measure protein promotes efficient infection of stationary phase cells

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1569-1585

  Piuri, Mariana ^a   Hatfull, Graham F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROLASE; KANAMYCIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TAPE MEASURE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIOPHAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; HYDROLYSIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TMP GENE; ZYMOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENOME, VIRAL; LUCIFERASES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIOPHAGES; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VANCOMYCIN; VIRAL PROTEINS;

MIRIDAE; SIPHOVIRIDAE;

EID: 33751384637     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05473.x     Document Type: Article

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