Growth and division of Streptococcus pneumoniae: Localization of the high molecular weight penicillin-binding proteins during the cell cycle

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 845-855

  Morlot, Cécile ^a   Zapun, André ^a   Dideberg, Otto ^a   Vernet, Thierry ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FTSZ PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2B; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2X; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BINDING SITE; CELL CYCLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DISSOCIATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; WILD TYPE;

AMINOACYLTRANSFERASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CELL POLARITY; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MURAMOYLPENTAPEPTIDE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; MUTATION; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACILLI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0242437870     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03767.x     Document Type: Article

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