The gene bolA regulates dacA (PBP5), dacC (PBP6) and ampC (AmpC), promoting normal morphology in Escherichia coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1729-1740

  Santos, Jorge M ^a   Lobo, Mónica ^a   Matos, António P A ^b,c   De Pedro, Miguel A ^d   Arraiano, Cecilia M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL CURRY CABRAL   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^d CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE; BETA LACTAMASE AMPC; CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN BOLA; PROTEIN DACA; PROTEIN DACC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL DIVISION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBOXYPEPTIDASES; CARRIER PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MURAMOYLPENTAPEPTIDE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036033601     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2002.03131.x     Document Type: Article

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