Identification and characterisation of the putative phage-related endolysins through full genome sequence analysis in Acinetobacter baumannii ATCC 17978

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 141-148

  Lai, Meng Jiun ^a   Soo, Po Chi ^a   Lin, Nien Tsung ^a   Hu, Anren ^a   Chen, You Jie ^a   Chen, Li Kuang ^b   Chang, Kai Chih ^a,b  

^a TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii; Antibacterial activity; Endolysin

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; LYSAB3; LYSAB4; LYSOZYME; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; CELL SHAPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG PURIFICATION; DRUG SPECIFICITY; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; LYSAB3 GENE; LYSAB4 GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ENDOLYSIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOPHAGES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENDOPEPTIDASES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; HYDROLYSIS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84880302580     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: 18727913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2013.04.022     Document Type: Article

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