Overproduction of penicillin-binding protein 7 suppresses thermosensitive growth defect at low osmolarity due to an spr mutation of Escherichia coli

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 63-72

  Hara, Hiroshi ^a   Abe, Noriko ^b   Nakakouji, Masayo ^b   Nishimura, Yukinobu ^b   Horiuchi, Kensuke ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^b TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEINASE; RECOMBINANT DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAP; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HEAT TOLERANCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSMOLARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVERTANT; SUPPRESSOR GENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029776767     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.1996.2.63     Document Type: Article

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