Using a bacteriocin structure to engineer a phage lysin that targets Yersinia pestis

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1503-1506

  Lukacik, Petra ^a   Barnard, Travis J ^a   Buchanan, Susan K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

C terminal domain; Lysin; Peptidoglycan; Pesticin; Yersiniabactin

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN; LYSINE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIOPHAGE; CELL SURFACE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOCINS; BACTERIOPHAGES; DRUG DESIGN; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; VIRAL PROTEINS; YERSINIA PESTIS;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 84870158000     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST20120209     Document Type: Conference Paper

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