Role of Net Charge on Catalytic Domain and Influence of Cell Wall Binding Domain on Bactericidal Activity, Specificity, and Host Range of Phage Lysins

A Novel Chimeric Lysin Shows Superiority to Mupirocin for Skin Decolonization of Methicillin-Resistant and -SensitiveStaphylococcus aureusStrains

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Review: Mammalian peptidoglycan recognition proteins (PGRPs) in innate immunity

(2010) Roman Dziarski et al.   Innate Immunity

Bacteriophage endolysins: A novel anti-infective to control Gram-positive pathogens

(2010) Vincent A. Fischetti   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Bacillus anthracis Surface-Layer Proteins Assemble by Binding to the Secondary Cell Wall Polysaccharide in a Manner that Requires csaB and tagO

(2010) Justin Kern et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

The high-affinity peptidoglycan binding domain of Pseudomonas phage endolysin KZ144

(2009) Yves Briers et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

PGLYRP-2 and Nod2 Are Both Required for Peptidoglycan-Induced Arthritis and Local Inflammation

(2009) Sukumar Saha et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Systemic use of the endolysin Cpl-1 rescues mice with fatal pneumococcal pneumonia*

(2009) Martin Witzenrath et al.   CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Differentially conserved staphylococcal SH3b_5 cell wall binding domains confer increased staphylolytic and streptolytic activity to a streptococcal prophage endolysin domain

(2009) Stephen C. Becker et al.   GENE

Tuning the properties of the bacterial membrane with aminoacylated phosphatidylglycerol

(2009) Hervé Roy   IUBMB LIFE

Novel peptide therapeutics for treatment of infections

(2009) P. C. F. Oyston et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Specific Structural Features of the N-Acetylmuramoyl-l-Alanine Amidase AmiD from Escherichia coli and Mechanistic Implications for Enzymes of This Family

(2009) Frédéric Kerff et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

The surface of Bacillus anthracis

(2009) Agnès Fouet   MOLECULAR ASPECTS OF MEDICINE

Bacteriophage lysins as effective antibacterials

(2008) Vincent A Fischetti   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

The NLR Gene Family: A Standard Nomenclature

(2008) Jenny P.-Y. Ting et al.   IMMUNITY

Wall Teichoic Acid Deficiency in Staphylococcus aureus Confers Selective Resistance to Mammalian Group IIA Phospholipase A2 and Human  -Defensin 3

(2008) T. Koprivnjak et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Structural Elucidation of the Nonclassical Secondary Cell Wall Polysaccharide fromBacillus cereusATCC 10987

(2008) Christine Leoff et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY