Characterization of modular bacteriophage endolysins from myoviridae phages OBP, 201Q2-1 and PVP-SE1

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Walmagh, Maarten ^a   Briers, Yves ^a,b   dos Santos, Silvio Branco ^c   Azeredo, Joana ^c   Lavigne, Rob ^a  

^a LABORATORY OF GENE TECHNOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDOGLYCAN GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; ENDOLYSIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEINASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIOPHAGE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL ADHESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; HEAT TOLERANCE; MYOVIRIDAE; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS CHLORORAPHIS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL WALL; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYMOLOGY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN BINDING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOPHAGES; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELL WALL; ENDOPEPTIDASES; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYOVIRIDAE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 84870749535     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036991     Document Type: Article

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