Recombinant Expression of a Putative Amidase Cloned from the Genome of Listeria monocytogenes that Lyses the Bacterium and its Monolayer in Conjunction with a Protease

Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-10

  Simmons, Mustafa ^a   Morales, Cesar A ^a   Oakley, Brian B ^a   Seal, Bruce S ^a  

^a RUSSELL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Biofilm; Endolysin; Enzybiotic; Food safety; Peptidoglycan hydrolase

Indexed keywords

AMIDASE; N ACETYLMURAMOYLALANINE AMIDASE; PROTEINASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIOLYSIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; BIOINFORMATICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 84856761976     PISSN: 18671306     EISSN: 18671314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12602-011-9084-5     Document Type: Article

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