Loss of O-antigen increases cell shape abnormalities in penicillin-binding protein mutants of Escherichia coli

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 263, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 252-257

  Ghosh, Anindya S ^a   Melquist, Amy L ^b   Young, Kevin D ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell shape; Escherichia coli; O antigen; Penicillin binding proteins

Indexed keywords

O ANTIGEN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; KLEBSIELLA; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BINDING SITES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; KLEBSIELLA; MUTATION; O ANTIGENS; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA;

EID: 33748798703     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00429.x     Document Type: Article

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