Ligation of arabinogalactan to peptidoglycan in the cell wall of Mycobacterium smegmatis requires concomitant synthesis of the two wall polymers

Microbiology

Volumn 148, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 3059-3067

  Hancock, Ian C ^a   Carman, Stephen ^a   Besra, Gurdyal S ^a   Brennan, Patrick J ^a   Waite, Emma ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial cell walls; Cell wall synthesis; Mycobacteria

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ARABINOGALACTAN; ARABINOMANNAN; CARBON 14; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN VIVO STUDY; ISOTOPE LABELING; MICROBIAL KINETICS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RADIOACTIVITY;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0036773747     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-148-10-3059     Document Type: Article

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