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Bacteriophages to control multi-drug resistant enterococcus faecalis infection of dental root canals (2021)
Journal Article
El-Telbany, M., El-Didamony, G., Askora, A., Ariny, E., Abdallah, D., Connerton, I. F., & El-Shibiny, A. (2021). Bacteriophages to control multi-drug resistant enterococcus faecalis infection of dental root canals. Microorganisms, 9(3), Article 517. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9030517

© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Phage therapy is an alternative treatment to antibiotics that can overcome multi-drug resistant bacteria. In this study, we aimed to isolate and characterize lytic bacteriophages targeted agai... Read More about Bacteriophages to control multi-drug resistant enterococcus faecalis infection of dental root canals.

Heterologous expression and kinetic characterisation of Neurospora crassa β-xylosidase in Pichia pastoris (2014)
Journal Article
Kirikyali, N., & Connerton, I. (2014). Heterologous expression and kinetic characterisation of Neurospora crassa β-xylosidase in Pichia pastoris. Enzyme and Microbial Technology, 57, 63-68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enzmictec.2014.02.002

To degrade plant hemicelluloses fungi employ β-xylosidases to hydrolyse xylooligosaccharides, released by endo-xylanases, into xylose. We have expressed the β-xylosidase from Neurospora crassa in Pichia pastoris under the control of alcohol oxidase 1... Read More about Heterologous expression and kinetic characterisation of Neurospora crassa β-xylosidase in Pichia pastoris.