Staphylococcus aureus CidA and LrgA proteins exhibit holin-like properties

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2468-2476

  Ranjit, Dev K ^a   Endres, Jennifer L ^b   Bayles, Kenneth W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CYSTEINE; DISULFIDE; FLUORESCENT DYE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS CIDA PROTEIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS LRGA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOFILM; CELL ADHESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; DISULFIDE BOND; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME RELEASE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOLYSIS; BIOFILMS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 79956143497     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01545-10     Document Type: Article

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