Lysocins: Bioengineered Antimicrobials That Deliver Lysins across the Outer Membrane of Gram-Negative Bacteria

Author:

Heselpoth Ryan D.1,Euler Chad W.123,Schuch Raymond4ORCID,Fischetti Vincent A.1

Affiliation:

1. Laboratory of Bacterial Pathogenesis and Immunology, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, USA

2. Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Hunter College, CUNY, New York, New York, USA

3. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA

4. ContraFect Corporation, Yonkers, New York, USA

Abstract

The prevalence of multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa has stimulated development of alternative therapeutics. Bacteriophage peptidoglycan hydrolases, termed lysins, represent an emerging antimicrobial option for targeting Gram-positive bacteria.

Funder

The Rockefeller University

ContraFect Corporation

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Pharmacology (medical),Pharmacology

Reference50 articles.

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