Functional analysis of SleC from Clostridium difficile: An essential lytic transglycosylase involved in spore germination

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 160, Issue PART 1, 2014, Pages 209-216

  Gutelius, Danielle ^a   Hokeness, Kirsten ^a   Logan, Susan M ^b   Reid, Christopher W ^a  

^a BRYANT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELLULASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; SLEC PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLAN ENDO 1,3 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CATALYSIS; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SPORE GERMINATION;

CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84891621197     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: 14652080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.072454-0     Document Type: Article

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