Cortex synthesis during Bacillus subtilis sporulation depends on the transpeptidase activity of SpoVD

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 346, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 65-72

  Bukowska Faniband, Ewa ^a   Hederstedt, Lars ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Endospore; Penicillin binding protein; Peptidoglycan

Indexed keywords

GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN SPOVD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL ENDOSPORE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS;

ENDOSPORE; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTANT PROTEINS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84881372843     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6968.12202     Document Type: Article

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