Septal localization of penicillin-binding protein 1 in Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 3201-3211

  Pedersen, Lotte B ^a   Angert, Esther R ^b   Setlow, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL DIVISION; CELL MUTANT; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPITOPE MAPPING; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GROWTH RATE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032909890     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.10.3201-3211.1999     Document Type: Article

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