Bacillus anthracis CapD, belonging to the γ-glutamyltranspeptidase family, is required for the covalent anchoring of capsule to peptidoglycan

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 717-726

  Candela, Thomas ^a   Fouet, Agnès ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE CAPD; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; POLYGLUTAMIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVALENT BOND; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; FEMALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, OUTBRED STRAINS; ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; POLYGLUTAMIC ACID; SPORES, BACTERIAL; VIRULENCE;

BACILLI; BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 22644436621     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04718.x     Document Type: Article

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