Diverse functions for six glycosyltransferases in caulobacter crescentus cell wall assembly

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 195, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 4527-4535

  Yakhnina, Anastasiya A ^a   Gitai, Zemer ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PEPTIDASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BIOGENESIS; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLYCOPROTEIN SYNTHESIS; GLYCOSYLATION; NONHUMAN; PARALOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL ENLARGEMENT; CELL SHAPE; CELL WALL; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84885457333     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00600-13     Document Type: Article

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