Conditional mutation of an essential putative glycoprotease eliminates autolysis in Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2734-2742

  Zheng, Li ^a   Yu, Chuanxin ^a   Bayles, Kenneth ^b   Lasa, Iñigo ^c   Ji, Yinduo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOLYSIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLYCOPROTEASE; HYDROLASE; PENICILLIN G; PROTEIN ARLRS; PROTEIN ATL; PROTEIN CIDA; PROTEIN LYTM; PROTEIN LYTN; PROTEIN MGR; PROTEIN TETR; PROTEINASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRITON X 100; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOLYSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PLASMIDS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 34147168547     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01806-06     Document Type: Article

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