Cytoplasmic steps of peptidoglycan biosynthesis

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 168-207

  Barreteau, Hélène ^a   Kovač, Andreja ^b   Boniface, Audrey ^a   Sova, Matej ^b   Gobec, Stanislav ^b   Blanot, Didier ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY OF THE CELL I2BC   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Bacterial cell wall; D alanine; D glutamic acid; Peptidoglycan; UDP N acetylglucosamine; UDP N acetylmuramic acid

Indexed keywords

1 AMINOETHYL PHOSPHONIC ACID; ANTHRANILIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AZIRIDINO GLUTAMATE; BENZYLIDENE DERIVATIVE; CARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CYCLOPROPANE DERIVATIVE; DEXTRO ALANINE DEXTRO ALANINE; DEXTRO GLUTAMIC ACID; DEXTRO(1 AMINO 2 PROPENYL)PHOSPHONIC ACID; DIPEPTIDE; FOSFOMYCIN; FRUCTOSE 6 PHOSPHATE; IMIDAZOLINE DERIVATIVE; N HYDROXYGLUTAMATE; NORVALYLCHLOROVINYLGLYCINE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PHOSPHINE DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PYRAZOLE DERIVATIVE; PYRAZOLOPYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; SERINE SULFATE; SULFONAMIDE; THIAZOLIDINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; UREA DERIVATIVE; URIDINE DERIVATIVE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N ACETYLMURAMIC ACID; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N ACETYLMURAMYL PENTAPEPTIDE;

ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EUKARYOTE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; NONHUMAN; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PHOSPHOGLUCOMUTASE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 39149083088     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: 15746976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2008.00104.x     Document Type: Review

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