Disulfide bridges are not involved in penicillin-binding protein 1b dimerization in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2970-2972

  Chalut, Christian ^a   Remy, Marie Hélène ^a   Masson, Jean Michel ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DE PHARMACOLOGIE ET DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

^b INSA   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; CEFALORIDINE; CEFALOTIN; CEFOTAXIME; MECILLINAM; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; TICARCILLIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; DELETION MUTANT; DIMERIZATION; DISULFIDE BOND; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032923732     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.9.2970-2972.1999     Document Type: Article

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