Homologues of the Bacillus subtilis SpoVB protein are involved in cell wall metabolism

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 6012-6019

  Vasudevan, Pradeep ^a   McElligott, Jessica ^a   Attkisson, Christa ^a   Betteken, Michael ^a   Popham, David L ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; SPOVB PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOINFORMATICS; CELL METABOLISM; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC STRAIN; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 70349130412     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00604-09     Document Type: Article

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