Dual Role for the O-Acetyltransferase OatA in Peptidoglycan Modification and Control of Cell Septation in Lactobacillus plantarum

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Bernard, Elvis ^a,b   Rolain, Thomas ^b   David, Blandine ^b   André, Guillaume ^b   Dupres, Vincent ^b   Dufrêne, Yves F ^b   Hallet, Bernard ^b   Chapot Chartier, Marie Pierre ^a   Hols, Pascal ^b  

^a UMR1319 MICALIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN OATA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CATALYSIS; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROTRANSFORMATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GLYCOSYLATION; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CELL ENLARGEMENT; DNA PRIMERS; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; TIME-LAPSE IMAGING;

LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM;

EID: 84868149471     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047893     Document Type: Article

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