Abstract:
:Bacteriophages must destroy the bacterial cell wall to lyse their host and release their progeny into the environment. There are at least two distinct mechanisms by which phages destroy the cell wall. Bacteriophages with large genomes use a holin-endolysin system, while bacteriophages with small genomes encode a single lysis protein. Three unrelated single protein lysis systems are known and these proteins will be the focus of the review. Recent results indicate that at least two of these proteins inhibit cell wall synthesis and are thus the phage analogs of antibiotics like penicillin.
journal_name
Res Microbioljournal_title
Research in microbiologyauthors
Bernhardt TG,Wang IN,Struck DK,Young Rdoi
10.1016/s0923-2508(02)01330-xsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2002-10-01 00:00:00pages
493-501issue
8eissn
0923-2508issn
1769-7123pii
S0923-2508(02)01330-Xjournal_volume
153pub_type
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2004-03-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1998-10-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:Research in microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2012-09-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2007-07-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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journal_title:Research in microbiology
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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