Structural and enzymatic characterization of ABgp46, a novel phage endolysin with broad anti-gram-negative bacterial activity

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue FEB, 2016, Pages

  Oliveira, Hugo ^a   Boas, Diana Vilas ^a   Mesnage, Stéphane ^b   Kluskens, Leon D ^a   Lavigne, Rob ^c   Sillankorva, Sanna ^a   Secundo, Francesco ^d   Azeredo, Joana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c LABORATORY OF GENE TECHNOLOGY   (Belgium)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii; Antibacterial activity; Circular dichroism; Mass spectrometry; Phage endolysins

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CLONING; COMPUTER MODEL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STABILITY; FLUORESCENCE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; IN VITRO STUDY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84962129551     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00208     Document Type: Article

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