Site lytA
- Name: lytA
- Type: Gene
- Mnemonic: lytic (autolysis and phage lysis)
- Left End Point: 60.52
- Right End Point: 60.54
- Direction: <
- Priority: 1
- External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoliWiki lytA - Comment:
- Tolerance to
-lactams; autolysis
- Tolerance to
- References:
- Harkness, R.E., E.E. Ishiguro 1983. Temperature-sensitive autolysis-defective mutants of Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 155:15-21
- Shimmin, L.C., D. Vanderwel, R.E. Harkness, B.R. Currie, A. Galloway, E.E. Ishiguro 1984. Temperature-sensitive beta-lactam-tolerant mutants of Escherichia coli. J.Gen.Microbiol. 130:1315-1323
- Kusser, W., E.E. Ishiguro 1987. Suppression of mutations conferring penicillin tolerance by interference with the stringent control mechanism of Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 169:4396-4398
- Harkness, R.E., W. Kusser, B.J. Qi, E.E. Ishiguro 1992. Genetic mapping of the lytA and lytB loci of Escherichia coli, which are involved in penicillin tolerance and control of the stringent response. Can.J.Microbiol. 38:975-978