The D,D-carboxypeptidase PBP3 organizes the division process of Streptococcus pneumoniae

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1641-1648

  Morlot, Cécile ^a   Noirclerc Savoye, Marjolaine ^a   Zapun, André ^a   Dideberg, Otto ^a   Vernet, Thierry ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL DIVISION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MURAMOYLPENTAPEPTIDE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; MUTATION; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 1642442760     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03953.x     Document Type: Article

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