Lysis-deficient phages as novel therapeutic agents for controlling bacterial infection

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Paul, Vivek ^a,b   Sundarrajan, Sudarson ^a   Rajagopalan, Sanjeev ^a   Hariharan, Sukumar ^a   Kempashanaiah, Nanjundappa ^a,c   Padmanabhan, Sriram ^a,d   Sriram, Bharathi ^a   Ramachandran, Janakiraman ^a  

^a Gangagen Biotechnologies Pvt Ltd   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Veterinary Dispensary ^*  (India)

^d LUPIN LIMITED   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; RECOMBINANT ENDOLYSIN DEFICIENT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS PHAGE P954; TROMETAMOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ENDOLYSIN; PROTEINASE; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIOLYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; GENOTYPE; HOST CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LETHAL DOSE; LYSIS; LYSOGENIZATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PROGENY; PROPHAGE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE; TARGET CELL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS RELEASE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; ENDOPEPTIDASES; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGES; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRUS RELEASE;

EID: 80052151543     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-11-195     Document Type: Article

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