Identification of the L,D-transpeptidases for peptidoglycan cross-linking in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 4782-4785

  Magnet, Sophie ^a,b,c,f   Dubost, Lionel ^d   Marie, Arul ^d   Arthur, Michel ^a,b,c   Gutmann, Laurent ^a,b,c,e  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DES CORDELIERS   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^e HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^f EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LIPOPROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

ARTICLE; CROSS LINKING; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 46049085808     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00025-08     Document Type: Article

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