Topographical and functional investigation of Escherichia coli penicillin-binding protein 1b by alanine stretch scanning mutagenesis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 4761-4767

  Lefèvre, Fabrice ^a   Rémy, Marie Hélène ^a   Masson, Jean Michel ^a,b,c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSA   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE PHARMACOLOGIE ET DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; CEFALOTIN; CEFOTAXIME; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; MECILLINAM; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN G; TICARCILLIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH INHIBITION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

EQUUS ASINUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 1842411838     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.15.4761-4767.1997     Document Type: Article

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