Cell sorting enriches Escherichia coli mutants that rely on peptidoglycan endopeptidases to suppress highly aberrant morphologies

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 195, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 855-866

  Laubacher, Mary E ^a   Melquist, Amy L ^a,b   Chandramohan, Lakshmi ^a,c   Young, Kevin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b ICON Development Solutions   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN ENDOPEPTIDASE; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; LIGHT SCATTERING; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL SEPARATION; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ENDOPEPTIDASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; MUTATION; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS;

EID: 84873545963     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01450-12     Document Type: Article

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