Spore peptidoglycan structure in a cwlD dacB double mutant of Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 6205-6209

  Popham, David L ^a   Meador Parton, Jennifer ^a   Costello, Catherine E ^b   Setlow, Peter ^c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CROSS LINKING; HEAT TOLERANCE; HYDRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032819206     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.19.6205-6209.1999     Document Type: Article

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