Klebsiella phage ΦK64-1 encodes multiple depolymerases for multiple host capsular types

Journal of Virology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2017, Pages

  Pan, Yi Jiun ^a   Lin, Tzu Lung ^b   Chen, Ching Ching ^b   Tsai, Yun Ting ^b   Cheng, Yi Hsiang ^b   Chen, Yi Yin ^b   Hsieh, Pei Fang ^b   Lin, Yi Tsung ^c   Wang, Jin Town ^b,d  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage; Capsular type; Capsule depolymerase; Klebsiella; Multiple host

Indexed keywords

DEPOLYMERASE; GLYCOSIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HYDROLASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CAPSULE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE PRODUCT; HOST RANGE; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA PHAGE PHI K64 1; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS MORPHOLOGY; VIRUS VIRULENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; VIROLOGY;

BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIOPHAGES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROLASES; KLEBSIELLA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 85014065673     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: 10985514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.02457-16     Document Type: Article

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