Construction of a chimeric lysin Ply187N-V12C with extended lytic activity against staphylococci and streptococci

Microbial Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 210-220

  Dong, Qiuhua ^a,b   Wang, Jing ^b   Yang, Hang ^b   Wei, Cuihua ^b   Yu, Junping ^b   Zhang, Yun ^b   Huang, Yanling ^b   Zhang, Xian En ^c   Wei, Hongping ^b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b WUHAN INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHIMERIC LYSIN (PLY187N V12C); CHIMERIC PROTEIN; LYSINE DERIVATIVE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HYBRID PROTEIN; LYSIN; MUCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN BINDING; VIRAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING ASSAY; CHIMERA; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LYSIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPECTROSCOPY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; BACTERIOLYSIS; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

BACTERIOLYSIS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; ENTEROCOCCUS; MUCOPROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 84923529521     PISSN: 17517907     EISSN: 17517915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.12166     Document Type: Article

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