The requirement for pneumococcal MreC and MreD is relieved by inactivation of the gene encoding PBP1a

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 4166-4179

  Land, Adrian D ^a   Winkler, Malcolm E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 1A; PENTAPEPTIDE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN MREC; PROTEIN MRED; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL DIVISION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; LYSIS; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 79961133524     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.05245-11     Document Type: Article

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