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SUBMITTER: Brunskill EW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC178427 | biostudies-other | 1996 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Journal of bacteriology 19961001 19
In this report, the characterization of a Staphylococcus aureus operon containing two LytSR-regulated genes, lrgA and lrgB, is described. Sequence and mutagenesis studies of these genes suggest that lrgA encodes a murein hydrolase exporter similar to bacteriophage holin proteins while lrgB may encode a protein having murein hydrolase activity. ...[more]