Mutational analysis of the Streptococcus pneumoniae bimodular class A penicillin-binding proteins

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 3852-3856

  Paik, Johanna ^a   Kern, Iza ^a,c   Lurz, Rudi ^a   Hakenbeck, Regine ^a,b  

^a University of Kaiserslautern ^*  (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BAMBERMYCIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MUTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0033014014     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.12.3852-3856.1999     Document Type: Article

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