Precise deletion of tagD and controlled depletion of its product, glycerol 3-phosphate cytidylyltransferase, leads to irregular morphology and lysis of Bacillus subtilis grown at physiological temperature

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 183, Issue 22, 2001, Pages 6688-6693

  Bhavsar, A P ^a   Beveridge, T J ^a   Brown, E D ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTIDYLYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCEROPHOSPHATE; TEICHOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIOLYSIS; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CELL WALL; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; PEROXIDASES; TEMPERATURE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIUM SUBTILIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034749923     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.22.6688-6693.2001     Document Type: Article

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