Identification of endo-beta-N-acetylglucosaminidase and N-acetylmuramyl-L-alanine amidase as cluster-dispersing enzymes in Staphylococcus aureus.

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Published in J Bacteriol on March 01, 1995

Authors

M Sugai1, H Komatsuzawa, T Akiyama, Y M Hong, T Oshida, Y Miyake, T Yamaguchi, H Suginaka

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1: Department of Microbiology, Hiroshima University School of Dentistry, Japan.

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