Penicillin binding protein 5 affects cell diameter, contour, and morphology of Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1714-1721

  Nelson, David E ^a   Young, Kevin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ARABINOSE; AZTREONAM; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MITOMYCIN C; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AZTREONAM; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; MONOBACTAMS; MURAMOYLPENTAPEPTIDE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; MUTATION; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES; PHOTOMICROGRAPHY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034006505     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.6.1714-1721.2000     Document Type: Article

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