In vitro and in vivo analyses of the Bacillus anthracis spore cortex lytic protein SleL

Microbiology

Volumn 158, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1359-1368

  Lambert, Emily A ^a   Sherry, Nora ^a   Popham, David L ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; GLYCOSIDASE; LACTAM; MURAMIC ACID; PROTEIN SLEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL SPORE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GERMINATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SPOROGENESIS; WILD TYPE;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDASE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; HYDROLYSIS; LACTAMS; MURAMIC ACIDS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84860512983     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.056630-0     Document Type: Article

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