Tertiary structure of Staphylococcus aureus cell wall murein

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 21, 2004, Pages 7141-7148

  Dmitriev, Boris A ^a,c   Toukach, Filip V ^b   Holst, O ^c   Rietschel, E T ^c   Ehlers, S ^c  

^a GAMALEYA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b N D ZELINSKY INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^c RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCAN; OLIGOPEPTIDE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSS LINKING; CYTOKINESIS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

CARBOHYDRATE CONFORMATION; CELL WALL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 6044266166     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.21.7141-7148.2004     Document Type: Article

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