Mutations in ampG or ampD affect peptidoglycan fragment release from Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3799-3807

  Garcia, Daniel L ^a,c   Dillard, Joseph P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b 6301 Microbial Sciences Bldg ^*  (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DISACCHARIDASE; MONOMER; PEPTIDE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PERMEASE; PROTEIN AMPD; PROTEIN AMPG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MUTATION; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 44349179845     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01194-07     Document Type: Article

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