Contribution of the Staphylococcus aureus Atl AM and GL Murein hydrolase activities in cell division, autolysis, and biofilm formation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Bose, Jeffrey L ^a   Lehman, McKenzie K ^a   Fey, Paul D ^a   Bayles, Kenneth W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDASE; GENOMIC DNA; GLUCOSAMINIDASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN ATL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; CATALYSIS; CELL DIVISION; CELL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BIOFILMS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84864461105     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042244     Document Type: Article

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