"Lysostaphin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A 25-kDa peptidase produced by Staphylococcus simulans which cleaves a glycine-glcyine bond unique to an inter-peptide cross-bridge of the STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS cell wall. EC 3.4.24.75.
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D008248
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.277.656.300.480.452 D08.811.277.656.675.374.452
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| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Lysostaphin" by people in Profiles.
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Staphylococcus aureus mutants with increased lysostaphin resistance. J Bacteriol. 2006 Sep; 188(17):6286-97.
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Cross-linked peptidoglycan mediates lysostaphin binding to the cell wall envelope of Staphylococcus aureus. J Bacteriol. 2006 Apr; 188(7):2463-72.
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Passage of heme-iron across the envelope of Staphylococcus aureus. Science. 2003 Feb 07; 299(5608):906-9.
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Development of vancomycin and lysostaphin resistance in a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolate. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2001 Nov; 48(5):617-25.
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Surface proteins of gram-positive bacteria and mechanisms of their targeting to the cell wall envelope. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev. 1999 Mar; 63(1):174-229.
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Target cell specificity of a bacteriocin molecule: a C-terminal signal directs lysostaphin to the cell wall of Staphylococcus aureus. EMBO J. 1996 Sep 16; 15(18):4789-97.
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Cell wall sorting of lipoproteins in Staphylococcus aureus. J Bacteriol. 1996 Jan; 178(2):441-6.