Interaction and modulation of two antagonistic cell wall enzymes of mycobacteria

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1-14

  Hett, Erik C ^a,b   Chao, Michael C ^b,c   Rubin, Eric J ^b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 1; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PONA1 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; RESUSCITATION PROMOTING FACTOR B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEINASE; RESUSCITATION PROMOTING FACTOR, BACTERIA; RESUSCITATION-PROMOTING FACTOR, BACTERIA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; CELL DIVISION; CELL GROWTH; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROLYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; CELL WALL; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL WALL; CYTOKINES; ENDOPEPTIDASES; HYDROLYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; PEPTIDOGLYCAN GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

EID: 77957656320     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1001020     Document Type: Article

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