Role of penicillin-binding protein 1b in competitive stationary-phase survival of Escherichia coli

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 263, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 61-67

  Pepper, Evan D ^a   Farrell, Michael J ^a   Finkel, Steven E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Osmotic stress; Penicillin binding proteins; Stationary phase specific competition defect

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 1B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; OSMOTIC STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MUTATION; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PHENOTYPE; SERINE-TYPE D-ALA-D-ALA CARBOXYPEPTIDASE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33748505260     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00418.x     Document Type: Article

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