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Periplasmic lysozyme inhibitor contributes to lysozyme resistance in Escherichia coli.
Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS - 1 May 2004
Deckers D, Masschalck B, Aertsen A, Callewaert L, Van Tiggelen C G M, Atanassova M, Michiels C W
Abstract excerpt
The product of the Escherichia coli ORFan gene ykfE was recently shown to be a strong inhibitor of C-type lysozyme in vitro. The gene was correspondingly renamed ivy (inhibitor of vertebrate lysozyme), but its biological function in E. coli remains unknown. In this work, we investigated the role of Ivy in the resistance of E. coli to the bactericidal effect of lysozyme in the presence of...
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