Fratricide in Streptococcus pneumoniae: Contributions and role of the cell wall hydrolases CbpD, LytA and LytC

Microbiology

Volumn 155, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2223-2234

  Eldholm, Vegard ^a   Johnsborg, Ola ^a   Haugen, Kristine ^a   Ohnstad, Hilde Solheim ^a   Havastein, Leiv Sigve ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; HYDROLASE; PROTEIN CBPD; PROTEIN LYTA; PROTEIN LYTC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE ACTIVATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOLYSIS; CATIONS, DIVALENT; CELL WALL; CHELATING AGENTS; CHOLAGOGUES AND CHOLERETICS; DEOXYCHOLIC ACID; EDETIC ACID; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 69949170096     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.026328-0     Document Type: Article

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