Effect of benzylpenicillin on murein biosynthesis, turnover and structure in Listeria monocytogenes cells

Acta Microbiologica Polonica

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 331-340

  Siwińska, Maria ^a   Kłoszewska, Małgorzata ^a   Łoniewska, Adrianna ^a   Markiewicz, Zdzisław ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; PENICILLIN G; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIOSTASIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; GLUCOSAMINE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLINS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; TRITIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 0033387817     PISSN: 01371320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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