The Staphylococcus aureus scdA gene: A novel locus that affects cell division and morphogenesis

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2877-2882

  Brunskill, Eric W ^a,d   De Jonge, Boudewijn L M ^b,e   Bayles, Kenneth W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^d CINCINNATI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^e ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Peptidoglycan cross linking; scdA; Septum formation; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL DIVISION; CROSS LINKING; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0030881415     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-9-2877     Document Type: Article

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