Growth of Escherichia coli: Significance of peptidoglycan degradation during elongation and septation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3914-3922

  Uehara, Tsuyoshi ^a,b   Park, James T ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLYCAN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; MECILLINAM; MREB PROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROFADOL; PROTEIN AMPD; PROTEIN RODA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIODEGRADATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL DIVISION; CELL ELONGATION; CELL SEPARATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DAUGHTER CELL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INHIBITION KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

AMDINOCILLIN; AMIDOHYDROLASES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL WALL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PERIPLASM; THIOUREA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 44349107842     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00207-08     Document Type: Article

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