Neisseria gonorrhoeae uses two lytic transglycosylases to produce cytotoxic peptidoglycan monomers

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 5989-5994

  Cloud Hansen, Karen A ^a   Hackett, Kathleen T ^a   Garcia, Daniel L ^a   Dillard, Joseph P ^a,b  

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

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; TRANSGLYCOSYLASE A; TRANSGLYCOSYLASE D; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; ISOENZYMES; MUTATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 50249175927     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00506-08     Document Type: Article

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