Tuning the properties of the bacterial membrane with aminoacylated phosphatidylglycerol

IUBMB Life

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 940-953

  Roy, Hervé ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aminoacyl tRNA synthetases; Membrane permeability; Membrane proteins; Phospholipids; Transfer RNAs

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMINO ACID TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; CEFOXITIN; CEFSULODIN; DAPTOMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; GRAMICIDIN D; GRAMICIDIN S; IMIPENEM; METICILLIN; OXACILLIN; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL; PHOSPHOLIPID; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; VANCOMYCIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LIGASE; TRANSFER RNA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINOACYLATION; BACTERIUM; CELL MEMBRANE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINOACYLATION; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; LIGASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROLS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA, TRANSFER; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 71549148798     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: 15216551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iub.240     Document Type: Review

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