Wall teichoic acids restrict access of bacteriophage endolysin Ply118, Ply511, and Plyp40 cell wall binding domains to the Listeria monocytogenes peptidoglycan

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 6498-6506

  Eugster, Marcel R ^a   Loessner, Martin J ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIOPHAGE ENDOLYSIN; ISOPROPYL THIOGALACTOSIDE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; POLYMER; TEICHOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIOPHAGE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; FLUORESCENCE; LIGAND BINDING; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEROTYPE;

BACTERIOPHAGES; CELL WALL; ENDOPEPTIDASES; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN BINDING; TEICHOIC ACIDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COCCOIDEA; LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 84871050215     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00808-12     Document Type: Article

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