Formation of the glycan chains in the synthesis of bacterial peptidoglycan

Glycobiology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2001, Pages

  Van Heijenoort, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Lycopeptide and moenomycin antibiotics; Monofunctional glycosyl transferases; Penicillin binding proteins; Peptidoglycan; Transglycosylation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BAMBERMYCIN; GLYCAN; GLYCOPEPTIDE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; LANTIBIOTIC; MERSACIDIN; MONOMER; MURAMIC ACID; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; PENICILLIN G; PEPTIDE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN DERIVATIVE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; CATALYSIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG BINDING; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; DRUG TARGETING; GLYCOSYLATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

BACTERIA; BIOPOLYMERS; CELL WALL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GLYCOSYLATION; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTOPLASTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0035018011     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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