Identification of the L,D-transpeptidases responsible for attachment of the Braun lipoprotein to Escherichia coli peptidoglycan

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3927-3931

  Magnet, Sophie ^a,b,c   Bellais, Samuel ^a,b,c,g   Dubost, Lionel ^e   Fourgeaud, Martine ^a,b,c   Mainardi, Jean Luc ^a,b,c,d   Petit Frère, Sébastien ^a,b,c   Marie, Arul ^e   Mengin Lecreulx, Dominique ^f   Arthur, Michel ^a,b,c   Gutmann, Laurent ^a,b,c,d  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^e MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^g HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; LIPOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 34248358128     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00084-07     Document Type: Article

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