The putative hydrolase YycJ (WalJ) affects the coordination of cell division with DNA replication in Bacillus subtilis and may play a conserved role in cell wall metabolism

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 896-908

  Biller, Steven J ^a,c   Wayne, Kyle J ^b   Winkler, Malcolm E ^b   Burkholder, William F ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN; HYDROLASE; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YYCJ ENZYME;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL DIVISION; CELL METABOLISM; CELL WALL; CHROMOSOME; DNA REPLICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CELL DIVISION; CELL WALL; DNA REPLICATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; FIRMICUTES; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 79551470422     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00594-10     Document Type: Article

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