Localized perforation of the cell wall by a major autolysin: atl gene products and the onset of penicillin-induced lysis of Staphylococcus aureus.

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Published in J Bacteriol on May 01, 1997

Authors

M Sugai1, S Yamada, S Nakashima, H Komatsuzawa, A Matsumoto, T Oshida, H Suginaka

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Microbiology, Hiroshima University School of Dentistry, Japan. sugai@ipc.hiroshima-u.ac.jp

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