Evidence for a dual role of PBP1 in the cell division and cell separation of Staphylococcus aureus

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 895-904

  Pereira, Sandro F F ^a   Henriques, Adriano O ^a   Pinho, Mariana G ^a   De Lencastre, Herminia ^a,b   Tomasz, Alexander ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL SEPARATION; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CELL WALL; MUTATION; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 65549166382     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06687.x     Document Type: Article

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