Interaction of Penicillin-Binding Protein 2x and Ser/Thr protein kinase StkP, two key players in Streptococcus pneumoniae R6 morphogenesis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 88-102

  Morlot, C ^a,b   Bayle, L ^a,b   Jacq, M ^a,b   Fleurie, A ^c   Tourcier, G ^a,b   Galisson, F ^c   Vernet, T ^a,b   Grangeasse, C ^c   Di Guilmi, A M ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

^b CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2X; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; STKP PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL DIVISION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

CELL WALL; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84884703178     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12348     Document Type: Article

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