Endopeptidase penicillin-binding proteins 4 and 7 play auxiliary roles in determining uniform morphology of Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 8326-8336

  Meberg, Bernadette M ^a   Paulson, Avery L ^a,b   Priyadarshini, Richa ^a   Young, Kevin D ^a  

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

^b CHADRON STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 4; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 5; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 7; PENTAPEPTIDE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN DACD; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL SHAPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTER; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING;

ENDOPEPTIDASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 10044294976     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.24.8326-8336.2004     Document Type: Article

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