A periplasmic D-alanyl-D-alanine dipeptidase in the gram-negative bacterium Salmonella enterica

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 2158-2165

  Hilbert, Friederike ^a   Del Portillo, Francisco Garcia ^b   Groisman, Eduardo A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANYLALANINE DIPEPTIDASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; DIPEPTIDE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN VANX; TEICOPLANIN; TRIPEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; R FACTOR; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

EID: 0345196539     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.7.2158-2165.1999     Document Type: Article

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