Peptidoglycan hydrolases of Escherichia coli

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 636-663

  Van Heijenoort, Jean ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY OF THE CELL I2BC   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDASE; CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; CARBOXYPEPTIDASE PBP4B; CARBOXYPEPTIDASE PBP5; CARBOXYPEPTIDASE PBP6; CARBOXYPEPTIDASE PBP6B; DEXTRO ALANYL DEXTRO ALANINE; EPIMERASE; GLYCOSIDASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE MLTA; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE MLTB; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE MLTC; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE MLTD; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE MLTE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE MLTF; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE SLT70; HYDROLASE; MAGNESIUM ION; N ACETYLMURAMOYLALANINE AMIDASE; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PEPTIDASE; PEPTIDASE AMPH; PEPTIDE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEINASE; PROTEINASE MEPA; PROTEINASE PBP7; PROTEINASE PBP8; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AUTOLYSIS; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CELL GROWTH; CELL STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RECYCLING; REVIEW; TURNOVER TIME;

BACTERIOLYSIS; CELL WALL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; MUTATION; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES;

EID: 84455162073     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: 10985557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MMBR.00022-11     Document Type: Review

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