Inactivation of the wall-associated De-N-acetylase (PgdA) of Listeria monocytogenes results in greater susceptibility of the cells to induced autolysis

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 932-945

  Popowska, Magdalena ^a   Kusio, Monika ^a   Szymañska, Paulina ^a   Markiewicz, Zdzislaw ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Autolysis; Beta lactams; Listeria monocytogenes; N acetylglucosamine deacetylase; Peptidoglycan

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; AMPICILLIN; LYSOZYME; MURAMIC ACID; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE DEACETYLASE; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL WALL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENOTYPE; GROWTH RATE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; STRUCTURAL GENE;

AMIDOHYDROLASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL WALL; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOTYPE; KINETICS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 70849090947     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: 17388872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4014/jmb.0810.557     Document Type: Article

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