Several distinct localization patterns for penicillin-binding proteins in Bacillus subtilis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 749-764

  Scheffers, Dirk Jan ^a   Jones, Laura J F ^a   Errington, Jeffery ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DISPERSION; FLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VEGETATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL WALL; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MURAMOYLPENTAPEPTIDE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COCCOIDEA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 1242320297     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03854.x     Document Type: Article

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