The nature of Staphylococcus aureus MurA and MurZ and approaches for detection of peptidoglycan biosynthesis inhibitors

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 335-343

  Blake, Katy L ^a   O'Neill, Alex J ^a   Mengin Lecreulx, Dominique ^c   Henderson, Peter J F ^a   Bostock, Julieanne M ^a   Dunsmore, Colin J ^b   Simmons, Katie J ^b   Fishwick, Colin W G ^b   Leeds, Jennifer A ^d   Chopra, Ian ^a  

^a Antimicrobial Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^d NOVARTIS INSTITUTES FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSFOMYCIN; ISOENZYME; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; TRANSFERASE; UDP N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE ENOLPYRUVYL TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CODE; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR MODEL; MURA GENE; MURZ GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIROGENESIS; VIRUS STRAIN;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FOSFOMYCIN; GENES, BACTERIAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE DELETION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 64149102888     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06648.x     Document Type: Article

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