In Escherichia coli, MreB and FtsZ direct the synthesis of lateral cell wall via independent pathways that require PBP 2

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3526-3533

  Varma, Archana ^a   Young, Kevin D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; FTSZ PROTEIN; MREB PROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2; PENTAPEPTIDE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 2,6 DICHLOROBENZYLTHIOPSEUDOUREA; 2,6-DICHLOROBENZYLTHIOPSEUDOUREA; ARABINOSE; AZTREONAM; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; FTSZ PROTEIN, BACTERIA; MREB PROTEIN, E COLI; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; SULA PROTEIN, E COLI; THIOUREA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; CELL SHAPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INSERTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL WALL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ARABINOSE; AZTREONAM; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL WALL; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; THIOUREA;

EID: 66149136478     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01812-08     Document Type: Article

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