The Bacillus thuringiensis phage GIL01 encodes two enzymes with peptidoglycan hydrolase activity

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 237, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 289-295

  Verheust, Céline ^a   Fornelos, Nadine ^a   Mahillon, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis phage; Endolysin; Tectiviridae

Indexed keywords

DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; GENOMIC DNA; HYDROLASE; ORGANIC SOLVENT; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; PROTEIN; PROTEIN MUR1; PROTEIN MUR2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS ISRAELENSIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIOPHAGE; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC CODE; INVERTED REPEAT; LIPID MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SEROTYPE; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS PARTICLE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS PHAGES; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENES, VIRAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIRAL PROTEINS;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR ISRAELENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; TECTIVIRIDAE;

EID: 4143083742     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2004.06.045     Document Type: Article

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