Capsule anchoring in Bacillus anthracis occurs by a transpeptidation reaction that is inhibited by capsidin

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 404-420

  Richter, Stefan ^a   Anderson, Valerie J ^a   Garufi, Gabriella ^a   Lu, Lianghua ^a   Budzik, Jonathan M ^a   Joachimiak, Andrzej ^b   He, Chuan ^a   Schneewind, Olaf ^a   Missiakas, Dominique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 [(4 BROMOPHENYL)THIO] 3 (DIACETYLAMINO)BENZOIC ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CAPSIDIN; CAPSIDIN D; ENZYME; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTHRAX; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; SCREENING; TRANSPEPTIDATION REACTION;

AMINOBENZOIC ACIDS; ANIMALS; ANTHRAX; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES; POLYGLUTAMIC ACID; SULFIDES; VIRULENCE;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS;

EID: 58149291500     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06533.x     Document Type: Article

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