Novel S-Benzylisothiourea Compound That Induces Spherical Cells in Escherichia coli Probably by Acting on a Rod-shape-determining Protein(s) Other Than Penicillin-binding Protein 2

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2658-2662

  Iwai, Noritaka ^a,c   Nagai, Kazuo ^b   Wachi, Masaaki ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b CHUBU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Benzylisothiourea; Chromosome partitioning; Mecillinam; PBP2; Rod shape determination

Indexed keywords

2,6 DICHLOROBENZYLTHIOPSEUDOUREA; 2,6-DICHLOROBENZYLTHIOPSEUDOUREA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBOXYPEPTIDASE TRANSPEPTIDASE; CARRIER PROTEIN; CEFALEXIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; FTSI PROTEIN, E COLI; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; MECILLINAM; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PEPTIDYLTRANSFERASE; THIOUREA;

ARTICLE; BINDING COMPETITION; CELL DIVISION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION;

AMDINOCILLIN; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CEPHALEXIN; CEPHALOSPORINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MURAMOYLPENTAPEPTIDE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PENICILLINS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES; THIOUREA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0041701451     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.66.2658     Document Type: Article

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