Coliphage N4 N-Acetylmuramidase Defines a New Family of Murein Hydrolases

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 366, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 406-419

  Stojković, Emina A ^a   Rothman Denes, Lucia B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

bacteriophage N4; N acetylmutamidase; transmembrane domain

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; HYDROLASE; LYSOZYME; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL REPRODUCTION; BACTERIOPHAGE; CELL MEMBRANE; COLIPHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; ELECTROSPRAY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ION TRAP MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROTEOBACTERIA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

EID: 33846443610     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.11.028     Document Type: Article

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