Phages will out: strategies of host cell lysis

被引:330
作者
Young, R [1 ]
Wang, IN [1 ]
Roof, WD [1 ]
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[1] Texas A&M Univ, Dept Biochem & Biophys, College Stn, TX 77843 USA
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10.1016/S0966-842X(00)01705-4
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
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Most phages accomplish host lysis using a muralytic enzyme, or endolysin, and a holin, which permeabilizes the membrane at a programmed time and thus controls the length of the vegetative cycle. By contrast, lyric single-stranded RNA and DNA phages accomplish lysis by producing a single lysis protein without muralytic activity.
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