Effects of low PBP2b levels on cell morphology and peptidoglycan composition in streptococcus pneumoniae R6

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 195, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 4342-4354

  Berg, Kari Helene ^a   Stamsås, Gro Anita ^a   Straume, Daniel ^a   Håvarstein, Leiv Sigve ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2B; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2X; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEOGLYCAN SYNTHESIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

AMINOACYLTRANSFERASES; CELL SHAPE; CELL WALL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84884580019     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00184-13     Document Type: Article

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