In vitro study of the antibacterial effect of the bacteriophage T5 thermostable endolysin on Escherichia coli cells

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1282-1290

  Shavrina, M S ^a   Zimin, A A ^b   Molochkov, N V ^c   Chernyshov, S V ^a   Machulin, A V ^b   Mikoulinskaia, G V ^a  

^a SHEMYAKIN OVCHINNIKOV INSTITUTE OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^b SKRYABIN INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF MICROORGANISMS   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUTE OF THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BIOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

antibacterials; endolysin; Escherichia coli; permeabilizing agents; thermal stability

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIOPHAGES; CELL CULTURE; CELLS; DICHROISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBACTERIALS; CHLORHEXIDINE; COLONY FORMING UNITS; ENDOLYSIN; IN-VITRO; PERMEABILIZING AGENT; POLY(L LYSINE); POLY-L-LYSINE; POLYMYXIN B;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANTIGEN; CHLORHEXIDINE; ENDOLYSIN; GRAMICIDIN; POLYLYSINE; POLYMYXIN B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PROTEINASE; VIRAL PROTEIN;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIOPHAGE; CATION; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PROTEIN; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE T5; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INCUBATION TIME; MAGNITUDE ESTIMATION METHOD; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; TEMPERATURE; THERMOSTABILITY; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG POTENTIATION; ENZYMOLOGY; PROTEIN STABILITY; SIPHOVIRIDAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHLORHEXIDINE; DRUG SYNERGISM; ENDOPEPTIDASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POLYMYXIN B; PROTEIN STABILITY; SIPHOVIRIDAE; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 84988422106     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jam.13251     Document Type: Article

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