Physiological significance of the peptidoglycan hydrolase, LytM, in Staphylococcus aureus

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 311, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 167-175

  Singh, Vineet K ^a   Carlos, Mary R ^b   Singh, Kuldeep ^a  

^a A T STILL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b A T STILL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

autolysin; LytM; peptidoglycan hydrolases; Staphylococcus

Indexed keywords

AUTOLYSIN; HYDROLASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; OXACILLIN; PROTEIN LYTM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL CULTURE; DOWN REGULATION; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ZYMOGRAPHY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOLYSIS; ENDOPEPTIDASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 77957294642     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2010.02087.x     Document Type: Article

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