Models for the directed evolution of bacterial allelopathy: bacteriophage lysins

Microbes produce a variety of compounds that are used to kill or suppress other species. Traditional antibiotics have their origins in these natural products, as do many types of compounds being pursued today in the quest for new antibacterial drugs. When a potential toxin can be encoded by and expo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bull, James J., Crandall, Cameron, Rodriguez, Anna, Krone, Stephen M.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4393818/