Mycobacteriophage Ms6 LysA: A Peptidoglycan Amidase and a Useful Analytical Tool

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 768-773

  Mahapatra, Sebabrata ^a   Piechota, Charles ^a   Gil, Filipa ^b   Ma, Yufang ^a,c   Huang, Hairong ^a,d   Scherman, Michael S ^a   Jones, Victoria ^a   Pavelka, Martin S ^e   Moniz Pereira, Jose ^b   Pimentel, Madalena ^b   McNeil, Michael R ^a   Crick, Dean C ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR MEDICINES IMED ULISBOA   (Portugal)

^c DALIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDASE; ANALYTICAL TOOL; DIAMINOPIMELIC ACIDS; GENE PRODUCTS; MYCOBACTERIAL; MYCOBACTERIAL CELLS; MYCOBACTERIOPHAGE; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PEPTIDE CHAIN; PEPTIDOGLYCANS;

BACTERIA; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CELL CULTURE; CLONING; PEPTIDES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

ENZYMES;

AMIDASE; DIAMINOPIMELIC ACID; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

CARBOXYLIC ACID; DATA PROCESSING; ENZYME; GENE; GROWTH; ISOLATED POPULATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CELL WALL; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOBACTERIOPHAGE; MYCOBACTERIUM;

AMIDOHYDROLASES; CELL WALL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIAMINOPIMELIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION; MYCOBACTERIOPHAGES; MYCOBACTERIUM; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

EID: 84873849826     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02263-12     Document Type: Article

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