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Engineering of Phage-Derived Lytic Enzymes: Improving Their Potential as Antimicrobials

Lytic enzymes encoded by bacteriophages have been intensively explored as alternative agents for combating bacterial pathogens in different contexts. The antibacterial character of these enzymes (enzybiotics) results from their degrading activity towards peptidoglycan, an essential component of the...

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Autor principal: São-José, Carlos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6023083/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29565804
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics7020029