The kinetic properties of the carboxy terminal domain of the Bacillus licheniformis 749/I BIaR penicillin-receptor shed a new light on the derepression of β-lactamase synthesis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1553-1564

  Duval, Valérie ^a   Swinnen, Marc ^a   Lepage, Sophie ^a   Brans, Alain ^a   Granier, Benoît ^a   Franssen, Christine ^a   Frère, Jean Marie ^a   Joris, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 AMINOPENICILLANIC ACID; 7 AMINOCEPHALOSPORANIC ACID; AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBENICILLIN; CEFALEXIN; CEFALOGLYCIN; CEFALORIDINE; CEFAPIRIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTIOFUR; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLOXACILLIN; DRUG RECEPTOR; LATAMOXEF; MECILLINAM; METICILLIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACYLATION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DEACYLATION; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SOLUBILITY;

ACYLATION; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; BETA-LACTAMS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CEPHALOSPORINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; KINETICS; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PENICILLINS;

BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0038575147     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03520.x     Document Type: Article

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