Role of penicillin-binding proteins in bacterial cell morphogenesis

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 594-599

  Popham, David L ^a   Young, Kevin D ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CAULOBACTER; CELL SHAPE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAULOBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 0347364718     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2003.10.002     Document Type: Review

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