Determinants of murein hydrolase targeting to cross-wall of Staphylococcus aureus peptidoglycan

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 287, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 10460-10471

  Frankel, Matthew B ^a   Schneewind, Olaf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL CELLS; CELL WALLS; MICROBIAL CELLS; MOLECULAR PROPERTIES; N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; N-ACETYLMURAMIC ACID; PEPTIDOGLYCANS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TEICHOIC ACID;

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; HYDROLASES;

BACTERIA;

(1-4)BETA N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA N ACETYLMURAMIC ACID; HYDROLASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN HYDROLASE; PROTEIN LYSM; PROTEIN LYTN; PROTEIN SLE1; TECHOIC ACID; TUNICAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL SEPARATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE LOCATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LYSM GENE; LYTN GENE; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; SLE1 GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TAGO GENE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL WALL; MUTATION; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84858975440     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M111.336404     Document Type: Article

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