Evidence that the PBP 5 synthesis repressor (psr) of Enterococcus hirae is also involved in the regulation of cell wall composition and other cell wall-related properties

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 5272-5278

  Massidda, Orietta ^a   Kariyama, Reiko ^a   Daneo Moore, Lolita ^a   Shockman, Gerald D ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYSOZYME; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 5; PENICILLIN G; RHAMNOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; PROTOPLAST; REPRESSOR GENE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE;

EID: 0029829905     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.17.5272-5278.1996     Document Type: Article

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