Penicillin-binding protein PBP2 of Escherichia coli localizes preferentially in the lateral wall and at mid-cell in comparison with the old cell pole

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 539-547

  Den Blaauwen, Tanneke ^a   Aarsman, Mirjam E G ^a   Vischer, Norbert O E ^a   Nanninga, Nanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZTREONAM; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MECILLINAM; PBP2 FUSION PROTEIN; PBP3 PROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CELL DIVISION; CELL GROWTH; CELL POLARITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

CELL DIVISION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL POLARITY; CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUSHI TARAZU TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037244586     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03316.x     Document Type: Article

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