Outer membrane localization of murein hydrolases: Mlta, a third lipoprotein lytic transglycosylase in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 5465-5470

  Lommatzsch, Jürgen ^a   Templin, Markus F ^a   Kraft, Angelika R ^a   Vollmer, Waldemar ^a   Höltje, And Joachim Volker ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; HYDROLASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CROSS LINKING; DELETION MUTANT; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MAPPING; MEMBRANE BINDING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OUTER MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHEROPLAST; SUCROSE GRADIENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030955326     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.17.5465-5470.1997     Document Type: Article

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