Chimeric Ply187 endolysin kills Staphylococcus aureus more effectively than the parental enzyme

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 342, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 30-36

  Mao, Jinzhe ^a   Schmelcher, Mathias ^a,b   Harty, William J ^a   Foster Frey, Juli ^a   Donovan, David M ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage; CHAP domain; Endolysin; SH3b cell wall binding domain; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHIMERIC PLY187AN KSH3B FUSION PROTEIN; PROTEIN LYSK; PROTEIN PLY187AN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CELL WALL BINDING DOMAIN; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTEINE HISTIDINE DEPENDENT AMINOHYDROLASE PEPTIDASE DOMAIN; DRUG DETERMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LACTOBACILLUS AMYLOVORUS; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LYSIS; MILK; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CHROMOGENES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HYICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SIMULANS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS WARNERI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS XYLOSUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS UBERIS; ZYMOGRAPHY;

ENDOPEPTIDASES; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84876308417     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6968.12104     Document Type: Article

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