Tail-associated structural protein gp61 of Staphylococcus aureus phage φmR11 has bifunctional lytic activity

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 284, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-16

  Rashel, Mohammad ^a,c   Uchiyama, Jumpei ^a   Takemura, Iyo ^a   Hoshiba, Hiroshi ^a   Ujihara, Takako ^b   Takatsuji, Hiroyoshi ^b   Honke, Koichi ^a   Matsuzaki, Shigenobu ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage; Staphylococcus aurerus; Tail associated lysin

Indexed keywords

LYSOZYME; PROTEIN GP61; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOLYSIS; BACTERIOPHAGE PHI MR11; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE;

AMIDOHYDROLASES; BACTERIOLYSIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MURAMIDASE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGES; VIRAL STRUCTURAL PROTEINS; VIRION;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 44649186141     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01152.x     Document Type: Article

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