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Lysostaphin

Known as: Lysostaphin [Chemical/Ingredient] 
A 25-kDa peptidase produced by Staphylococcus simulans which cleaves a glycine-glcyine bond unique to an inter-peptide cross-bridge of the… 
National Institutes of Health

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Anti-Infective Agents, Local
BacteriolysisIn Bloodagonistsanalogs & derivatives

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2009
2009
Shared catalysis in virus entry and bacterial cell wall depolymerization.
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Purification, bacteriolytic activity, and specificity of beta-lytic protease from Lysobacter sp. IB-9374.
2003
2003
In Vitro Activity of Recombinant Lysostaphin against Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from Anterior Nares and Blood
ABSTRACT The in vitro activity of recombinant lysostaphin was tested against a collection of well-characterized clinical… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Combinations of Lysostaphin with β-Lactams Are Synergistic against Oxacillin-Resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis
ABSTRACT Oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is rapidly killed by the endopeptidase lysostaphin, and the addition of… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Bacterial cell membrane hydrolysis by secreted phospholipases A(2): a major physiological role of human group IIa sPLA(2) involving both bacterial cell wall penetration and interfacial catalysis.
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Sequence analysis of a Staphylococcus aureus gene encoding a peptidoglycan hydrolase activity.
1987
1987
The molecular organization of the lysostaphin gene and its sequences repeated in tandem
SummaryThe gene encoding lysostaphin of Staphylococcus staphylolyticus was cloned in Escherichia coli and its DNA sequence was… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Involvement of the cell envelope in plasmid maintenance: plasmid curing during the regeneration of protoplasts.
Review
1972
Review
1972
Lysostaphin: model for a specific enzymatic approach to infectious disease.
It is interesting that the first antibiotic substance, documented by Emmerich and Low [1], was an enzyme, pyocyanase, produced by… 
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Nuclease Production and Lysostaphin Susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus and Other Catalase-Positive Cocci
Some strains of Staphylococcus epidermidis and Micrococcus sp. produce nucleases. However, thermal stability was shown to be… 
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