Ts2631 Endolysin from the Extremophilic Thermus scotoductus Bacteriophage vB_Tsc2631 as an Antimicrobial Agent against Gram-Negative Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria

Structure and function of the Ts2631 endolysin of Thermus scotoductus phage vB_Tsc2631 with unique N-terminal extension used for peptidoglycan binding

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The Preclinical and Clinical Progress of Bacteriophages and Their Lytic Enzymes: The Parts are Easier than the Whole

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Photoinactivation of ESKAPE pathogens: overview of novel therapeutic strategy

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Applications of bacteriophages versus phage enzymes to combat and cure bacterial infections: an ambitious and also a realistic application?

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Development of Phage Lysins as Novel Therapeutics: A Historical Perspective

(2018) Vincent Fischetti   Viruses-Basel

Thousands of Novel Endolysins Discovered in Uncultured Phage Genomes

(2018) Iris Fernández-Ruiz et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

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Enzymes and Mechanisms Employed by Tailed Bacteriophages to Breach the Bacterial Cell Barriers

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Thermal stabilization of the deglycating enzyme Amadoriase I by rational design

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A high mortality rate associated with multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii ST79 and ST25 carrying OXA-23 in a Brazilian intensive care unit

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Quantification of Plasmid Copy Number with Single Colour Droplet Digital PCR

(2017) Magdalena Plotka et al.   PLoS One

Prophage-triggered membrane vesicle formation through peptidoglycan damage in Bacillus subtilis

(2017) Masanori Toyofuku et al.   Nature Communications

Highly potent antimicrobial modified peptides derived from the Acinetobacter baumannii phage endolysin LysAB2

(2017) Shih-Yi Peng et al.   Scientific Reports

Enhancement of the direct antimicrobial activity of Lysep3 against Escherichia coli by inserting cationic peptides into its C terminus

(2016) Qiang Ma et al.   ANTONIE VAN LEEUWENHOEK INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GENERAL AND MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii and Enterobacteriaceae in South and Southeast Asia

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Alternatives to antibiotics—a pipeline portfolio review

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Explosive cell lysis as a mechanism for the biogenesis of bacterial membrane vesicles and biofilms

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Burden of Six Healthcare-Associated Infections on European Population Health: Estimating Incidence-Based Disability-Adjusted Life Years through a Population Prevalence-Based Modelling Study

(2016) Alessandro Cassini et al.   PLOS MEDICINE

Mechanisms of Antimicrobial Resistance in ESKAPE Pathogens

(2016) Sirijan Santajit et al.   Biomed Research International

Structural and Enzymatic Characterization of ABgp46, a Novel Phage Endolysin with Broad Anti-Gram-Negative Bacterial Activity

(2016) Hugo Oliveira et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Exogenous Lytic Activity of SPN9CC Endolysin Against Gram-Negative Bacteria

(2016) Jeong-A Lim et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Highly thermostable RadA protein from the archaeon Pyrococcus woesei enhances specificity of simplex and multiplex PCR assays

(2015) Aleksandra Stefanska et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED GENETICS

A Thermophilic Phage Endolysin Fusion to a Clostridium perfringens-Specific Cell Wall Binding Domain Creates an Anti-Clostridium Antimicrobial with Improved Thermostability

(2015) Steven Swift et al.   Viruses-Basel

Biochemical Characterization and Validation of a Catalytic Site of a Highly Thermostable Ts2631 Endolysin from the Thermus scotoductus Phage vB_Tsc2631

(2015) Magdalena Plotka et al.   PLoS One

Inhibitors of Bacterial Transcription are Compounds for Potent Antimicrobial Drugs

(2014) Katarzyna Turecka et al.   CURRENT PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

Discovery and characterization of RecA protein of thermophilic bacterium Thermus thermophilus MAT72 phage Tt72 that increases specificity of a PCR-based DNA amplification

(2014) Aleksandra Stefanska et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

A Thermostable Salmonella Phage Endolysin, Lys68, with Broad Bactericidal Properties against Gram-Negative Pathogens in Presence of Weak Acids

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Engineered Endolysin-Based "Artilysins" To Combat Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Pathogens

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Novel Highly Thermostable Endolysin from Thermus scotoductus MAT2119 Bacteriophage Ph2119 with Amino Acid Sequence Similarity to Eukaryotic Peptidoglycan Recognition Proteins

(2013) Magdalena Plotka et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Identification and characterisation of the putative phage-related endolysins through full genome sequence analysis in Acinetobacter baumannii ATCC 17978

(2013) Meng-Jiun Lai et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS

Molecular Aspects and Comparative Genomics of Bacteriophage Endolysins

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Bacteriophage endolysins as novel antimicrobials

(2012) Mathias Schmelcher et al.   Future Microbiology

Mutations in central carbon metabolism genes suppress defects in nucleoid position and cell division of replication mutants in Escherichia coli

(2012) Monika Maciąg-Dorszyńska et al.   GENE

Characterization of Modular Bacteriophage Endolysins from Myoviridae Phages OBP, 201φ2-1 and PVP-SE1

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Antibacterial activity of Acinetobacter baumannii phage ϕAB2 endolysin (LysAB2) against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria

(2011) Meng-Jiun Lai et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

AMPA: an automated web server for prediction of protein antimicrobial regions

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Challenges of Antibacterial Discovery

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LysK, the enzyme lysing Staphylococcus aureus cells: Specific kinetic features and approaches towards stabilization

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Characterization of a lysin from deep-sea thermophilic bacteriophage GVE2

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