Cloning and sequencing of Staphylococcus aureus murC, a gene essential for cell wall biosynthesis

Mitochondrial DNA

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 19-23

  Lowe, Adrian M ^a   Deresiewicz, Robert L ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

IVET; murC; peptidoglycan synthesis; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CLONING; GENE SEQUENCING; RESISTANCE MANAGEMENT; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N ACETYLMURAMOYL L ALANINE SYNTHASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL WALL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0032995017     PISSN: 19401736     EISSN: 19401744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10425179909033931     Document Type: Article

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