A second endolysin gene is fully embedded in-frame with the lysA gene of mycobacteriophage Ms6

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Catalão, Maria João ^a   Milho, Catarina ^a   Gil, Filipa ^a   Moniz Pereira, José ^a   Pimentel, Madalena ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR MEDICINES IMED ULISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMIDASE; AMIDE; ARABINOGALACTAN; BACTERIAL ENZYME; ESTERASE; HYDROLASE; LYSINE; MURAMIC ACID; MYCOLIC ACID; MYCOLYLARABINOGALACTAN ESTERASE; OLIGOPEPTIDE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN HYDROLASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN RECOGNITION PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ENDOLYSIN; N ACETYLMURAMOYLALANINE AMIDASE; PROTEINASE; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CATALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDOLYSIN GENE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH INHIBITION; HYDROLYSIS; LYSIN A GENE; MYCOBACTERIOPHAGE; MYCOBACTERIOPHAGE MS6; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; BACTERIOLYSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL WALL; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; TIME; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENE;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM PHAGE MS6; POSIBACTERIA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOLYSIS; CELL WALL; ENDOPEPTIDASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, VIRAL; HYDROLYSIS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIOPHAGES; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; TIME FACTORS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 79958281245     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020515     Document Type: Article

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