Expression of prophage-encoded endolysins contributes to autolysis of Lactococcus lactis

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 1099-1110

  Visweswaran, Ganesh Ram R ^a,c   Kurek, Dorota ^a   Szeliga, Monika ^a   Pastrana, Francisco Romero ^b   Kuipers, Oscar P ^a   Kok, Jan ^a   Buist, Girbe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Autolysis; Bacteriophage; Endolysins; Lactococcus lactis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGES; GENES; HYDROLASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRAIN;

AUTOLYSIS; ENDOLYSINS; GROWTH CONDITIONS; HOMOLOGOUS GENES; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS SUBSP. CREMORIS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN HYDROLASE ACTIVITY; ZYMOGRAM ANALYSIS;

ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS;

ACMA PROTEIN; ACMB PROTEIN; ACMC PROTEIN; ACMD PROTEIN; AUTOLYSIN; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CELL EXTRACT; DACB PROTEIN; HYDROLASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN HYDROLASE; PI149 PROTEIN; PI244 PROTEIN; PI252 PROTEIN; PI305 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; USP45 PROTEIN; YFCF PROTEIN; YGEA PROTEIN; YJGB PROTEIN; YQEC PROTEIN; YRGH PROTEIN; ACMA PROTEIN, LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; ENDOLYSIN; LYSOZYME; N ACETYLMURAMOYLALANINE AMIDASE; PROTEINASE;

BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH; LYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROPHAGE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; ZYMOGRAPHY; BACTERIOLYSIS; CHEESE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIROLOGY;

LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS SUBSP. CREMORIS;

BACTERIOLYSIS; CHEESE; ENDOPEPTIDASES; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MURAMIDASE; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; PROPHAGES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 84988712478     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-016-7822-z     Document Type: Article

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