Production of Muramic δ-Lactam in Bacillus subtilis Spore Peptidoglycan

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 80-89

  Gilmore, Meghan E ^a,b   Bandyopadhyay, Dabanjan ^a   Dean, Amanda M ^a,c   Linnstaedt, Sarah D ^a,d   Popham, David L ^a  

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

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMIDASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; DEACETYLASE; GENE PRODUCT; LACTAM; MURAMIC ACID; MURAMIC DELTA LACTAM; N ACETYLMURAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN PDAA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL SPORE; CWLD GENE; DEACETYLATION; DEHYDRATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HEAT TOLERANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

AMIDOHYDROLASES; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LACTAMS; MURAMIC ACIDS; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; OPERON; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0345730811     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.1.80-89.2004     Document Type: Article

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