A list of enzyme preparations covered by the term enzybiotics should not be restricted to bacteriophage-encoded peptidoglycan hydrolases (lysins)

Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 531-532

  Biziulevičius, Gediminas A ^a   Biziulevičiene, Gene ^a   Kazlauskaite, Jurgita ^a  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHITINASE; GLUCAN GLUCOSIDASE; LYSOAMIDASE; LYSOSTAPHIN; LYSOSUBTILIN; LYSOZYME; PEPTIDOGLYCAN HYDROLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIOPHAGE; ENZYME ISOLATION; LETTER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOPHAGES; HUMANS; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 41849124564     PISSN: 00223573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1211/jpp.60.4.0017     Document Type: Letter

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