Phenotypic analysis of Eschericia coli mutants lacking L,D-transpeptidases

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 159, Issue PART 9, 2013, Pages 1842-1852

  Sanders, Akeisha N ^a   Pavelka, Martin S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; EDETIC ACID; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LIPOPROTEIN; METHIONINE; PERIPLASMIC PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHIC MUTANT; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; DELETION MUTANT; ERFK GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; YBIS GENE; YCBB GENE; YCFS GENE; YNHG GENE;

EID: 84883404387     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: 14652080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.069211-0     Document Type: Article

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