The CD27L and CTP1L Endolysins Targeting Clostridia Contain a Built-in Trigger and Release Factor

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Dunne, Matthew ^a   Mertens, Haydyn D T ^a   Garefalaki, Vasiliki ^a,e   Jeffries, Cy M ^a   Thompson, Andrew ^b   Lemke, Edward A ^c   Svergun, Dmitri I ^a   Mayer, Melinda J ^d   Narbad, Arjan ^d   Meijers, Rob ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b SYNCHROTRON SOLEIL   (France)

^c EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^e DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOLYSIN; PROTEINASE; VIRAL PROTEIN;

BACTERIOPHAGE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; VIROLOGY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACTERIOPHAGES; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ENDOPEPTIDASES; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 84905385283     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004228     Document Type: Article

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