Roles of low-molecular-weight penicillin-binding proteins in Bacillus subtilis spore peptidoglycan synthesis and spore properties

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 126-132

  Popham, David L ^a   Gilmore, Meghan E ^a   Setlow, Peter ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; GENE PRODUCT; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; DEHYDRATION; HEAT TOLERANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); TREMATODA;

EID: 0032932349     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.1.126-132.1999     Document Type: Article

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