Recombinant expression of two bacteriophage proteins that lyse clostridium perfringens and share identical sequences in the c-terminal cell wall binding domain of the molecules but are dissimilar in their n-terminal active domains

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 58, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 10330-10337

  Simmons, Mustafa ^a,c   Donovan, David M ^b   Siragusa, Gregory R ^d   Seal, Bruce S ^a  

^a RUSSELL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^d Danisco USA Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Amidase; Antimicrobial; Enzybiotic; Peptidoglycan hydrolase; Poultry

Indexed keywords

AGAR PLATES; AMIDASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-MICROBIAL AGENT; ANTIMICROBIAL; ANTIMICROBIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL DISEASE; BINDING DOMAIN; BROILER FLOCKS; CATALYTIC DOMAINS; CELL WALL-BINDING DOMAIN; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DISEASE SYMPTOMS; ENZYBIOTIC; ETIOLOGIC AGENTS; HOST STRAIN; L-ALANINE; N-TERMINALS; NECROTIC ENTERITIS; PEPTIDOGLYCANS; PROTEIN SEQUENCING; RECOMBINANT EXPRESSION; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SPORE-FORMING BACTERIA; TURBIDITY REDUCTION;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BACTERIOPHAGES; CLOSTRIDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; HYDROLASES; MICROORGANISMS; TURBIDITY;

PROTEINS;

LYSIN; MUCOPROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BINDING SITE; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIOPHAGES; BINDING SITES; CELL WALL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUCOPROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIA; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALLUS GALLUS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 78049308113     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf101387v     Document Type: Article

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