Protein Complexes and Proteolytic Activation of the Cell Wall Hydrolase RipA Regulate Septal Resolution in Mycobacteria

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Chao, Michael C ^a   Kieser, Karen J ^a   Minami, Shoko ^a   Mavrici, Daniela ^b   Aldridge, Bree B ^a   Fortune, Sarah M ^a   Alber, Tom ^b   Rubin, Eric J ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOLYSIN; CARBENICILLIN; CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MEROPENEM; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN RIPA; RECOMBINANT DNA; STREPTOMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; MICROBIAL ATTENUATION; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TIME-LAPSE VIDEO MICROSCOPY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

CELL DIVISION; CELL WALL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; PROTEOLYSIS;

EID: 84880954944     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003197     Document Type: Article

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