Bacterial cell wall synthesis: New insights from localization studies

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 585-607

  Scheffers, Dirk Jan ^a   Pinho, Mariana G ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; DNA; FTSZ PROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL WALL; CYTOSKELETON; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA; CELL WALL; CYTOSKELETON; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 29144477176     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MMBR.69.4.585-607.2005     Document Type: Review

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