LYSIS FROM WITHOUT OF S. AUREUS K1 BY THE COMBINED ACTION OF PHAGE AND VIROLYSIN

Lysis from without (LFW) occurs in two steps: (1) sensitization of cells by phage, which renders the cells susceptible to (2) destruction of an essential cell structure by an extracellular lytic enzyme. Virolysin, from phage-infected cells, was used in these studies. Normal cell autolysin is also e...

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Main Authors: Ralston, Doris J., Baer, Beatrice S., Lieberman, Miriam, Krueger, Albert P.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Rockefeller University Press 1957
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2194829/