Rod shape determination by the Bacillus subtilis class B penicillin-binding proteins encoded by pbpA and pbpH

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 4717-4726

  Wei, Yuping ^a,b   Havasy, Teresa ^a   McPherson, Derrell C ^a   Popham, David L ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBENICILLIN; CEFALEXIN; CEFOXITIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; FURAZOLIDONE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GENE PRODUCT; MECILLINAM; PENEM DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN G; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PIPERACILLIN; PROTEIN PBP2A; PROTEIN PBPA; PROTEIN PBPH; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL SHAPE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; DNA STRAND; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; GENE MUTATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPOROGENESIS; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; WILD TYPE; YKUA GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; LACTAMS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; MURAMOYLPENTAPEPTIDE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0042561877     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.16.4717-4726.2003     Document Type: Article

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