Lysostaphin: A Staphylococcal Bacteriolysin with Potential Clinical Applications

• Main Authors: Maria do Carmo de Freire Bastos (Author), Bruna Gonçalves Coutinho (Author), Marcus Lívio Varella Coelho (Author)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: MDPI AG, 2010-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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Lysostaphin is an antimicrobial agent belonging to a major class of antimicrobial peptides and proteins known as the bacteriocins. Bacteriocins are bacterial antimicrobial peptides which generally exhibit bactericidal activity against other bacteria. Bacteriocin production is a self-protection mecha...