More than just lysins: Peptidoglycan hydrolases tailor the cell wall

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 698-703

  Uehara, Tsuyoshi ^a   Bernhardt, Thomas G ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOLYSIN; HYDROLASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN HYDROLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIOPHAGE; BIOFILM; CELL DIVISION; CELL ELONGATION; CELL SEPARATION; CELL SHAPE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW;

BACTERIA; CELL WALL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

EID: 82555165191     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: 18790364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2011.10.003     Document Type: Review

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