Direct quantitation of the number of individual penicillin-binding proteins per cell in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 6110-6115

  Dougherty, Thomas J ^a   Kennedy, Karen ^a   Kessler, Robert E ^a   Pucci, Michael J ^a  

^a BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL COUNT; COVALENT BOND; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ISOTOPE LABELING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LURIA;

EID: 0029956443     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.21.6110-6115.1996     Document Type: Article

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