Three redundant murein endopeptidases catalyse an essential cleavage step in peptidoglycan synthesis of Escherichia coli K12

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1036-1051

  Singh, Santosh Kumar ^a   Saisree, L ^a   Amrutha, Ravi N ^a   Reddy, Manjula ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEINASE; SPR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YDHO PROTEIN; YEBA PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING;

CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; ENDOPEPTIDASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84870185885     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12058     Document Type: Article

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