Rapid β-lactam-induced lysis requires successful assembly of the cell division machinery

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 51, 2009, Pages 21872-21877

  Chung, Hak Suk ^a   Yao, Zhizhong ^a,b   Goehring, Nathan W ^b   Kishony, Roy ^b   Kahne, Jon Beckwithdaniel ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Amidase; Cell wall hydrolase; ftsN; Penicillin binding proteins; Peptidoglycan

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFALEXIN; CEFSULODIN; HYDROLASE; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PIPERACILLIN; PROTEIN FTSI; PROTEIN FTSN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL DENSITY; CELL DIVISION; CELL WALL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; DAUGHTER CELL; DRUG MECHANISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

BETA-LACTAMS; CELL DIVISION; CEPHALEXIN;

EID: 76049128976     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0911674106     Document Type: Article

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