Identification of a penicillin-binding protein 3 homolog, PBP3x, in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Gene cloning and growth phase-dependent expression

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1490-1496

  Liao, Xiaowen ^a   Hancock, Robert E W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL VIABILITY; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GROWTH CURVE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0031038988     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.5.1490-1496.1997     Document Type: Article

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