Identification and molecular analysis of PcsB, a protein required for cell wall separation of group B streptococcus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 183, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1175-1183

  Reinscheid, D J ^a   Gottschalk, B ^a   Schubert, A ^a   Eikmanns, B J ^a   Chhatwal, G S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; HYDROLASE; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; NETILMICIN; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN PCSB; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CELL WALL; GENES; GENES, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0035143577     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.4.1175-1183.2001     Document Type: Article

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