The GTPase CpgA is implicated in the deposition of the peptidoglycan sacculus in bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3786-3790

  Absalon, Cédric ^a,d   Hamze, Kassem ^a   Blanot, Didier ^a   Frehel, Claude ^b   Carballido Lopez, Rut ^c   Holland, Barry I ^a   Van Heijenoort, Jean ^a   Seror, Simone J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL WALL; CPGA GENE; GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCULUS; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL WALL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

EID: 47049098973     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01994-07     Document Type: Article

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