Enzybiotics : antibiotic enzymes as drugs and therapeutics /
edited by Tomas G. Villa and Patricia Veiga-Crespo.
- Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley, c2010.
- x, 284 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Enzybiotics and their potential applications in medicine / Jan Borysowski and Andrzej Górski -- Advantages and disadvantages in the use of antibiotics or phages as therapeutical agents / Patricia Veiga-Crespo and Tomas G. Villa -- Enzybiotics as selective killers of target bacteria / Juan C. Alonso and Marcelo E. Tolmasky -- Phylogeny of enzybiotics / Patricia Veiga-Crespo and Tomas G. Villa -- Bacteriophage lysins : the ultimate enzybiotic / Vincent A. Fischetti -- Bacteriophages holins and their membrane-disrupting activity / María Gasset -- Anti-staphylococcal lytic enzymes / Jan Borysowski and Andrzej Górski -- Membrane-targeted enzybiotics / María Gasset -- Design of phage cocktails for therapy from a host range point of view / Lawrence D. Goodridge -- Identifying phage lytic enzymes : past, present, and future / Jonathan E. Schmitz, Raymond Schuch, and Vincent A. Fischetti -- Use of genetically modified phages to deliver suicidal genes to target bacteria / Lawrence D. Goodridge.
9780470376553 (hbk.)
Enzymes--Therapeutic use.
Antibacterial agents.
615.35 / ENZ 2010
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Enzybiotics and their potential applications in medicine / Jan Borysowski and Andrzej Górski -- Advantages and disadvantages in the use of antibiotics or phages as therapeutical agents / Patricia Veiga-Crespo and Tomas G. Villa -- Enzybiotics as selective killers of target bacteria / Juan C. Alonso and Marcelo E. Tolmasky -- Phylogeny of enzybiotics / Patricia Veiga-Crespo and Tomas G. Villa -- Bacteriophage lysins : the ultimate enzybiotic / Vincent A. Fischetti -- Bacteriophages holins and their membrane-disrupting activity / María Gasset -- Anti-staphylococcal lytic enzymes / Jan Borysowski and Andrzej Górski -- Membrane-targeted enzybiotics / María Gasset -- Design of phage cocktails for therapy from a host range point of view / Lawrence D. Goodridge -- Identifying phage lytic enzymes : past, present, and future / Jonathan E. Schmitz, Raymond Schuch, and Vincent A. Fischetti -- Use of genetically modified phages to deliver suicidal genes to target bacteria / Lawrence D. Goodridge.
9780470376553 (hbk.)
Enzymes--Therapeutic use.
Antibacterial agents.
615.35 / ENZ 2010