Involvement of N-acetylmuramyl-L-alanine amidases in cell separation and antibiotic-induced autolysis of Escherichia coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 167-178

  Heidrich, Christoph ^a   Templin, Markus F ^a   Ursinus, Astrid ^a   Merdanovic, Melisa ^a   Berger, Jürgen ^a   Schwarz, Heinz ^a   De Pedro, Miguel A ^b   Höltje, Joachim Volker ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b CENTRO DE BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; N ACETYLMURAMOYLALANINE AMIDASE; PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; BACTERIOLYSIS; CELL DIVISION; CELL SEPARATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; DELETION MUTANT; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME DENATURATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOLYSIS; CELL DIVISION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

EID: 0034945221     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2001.02499.x     Document Type: Article

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