Critical Role of a Ferritin-Like Protein in the Control of Listeria monocytogenes Cell Envelope Structure and Stability under β-lactam Pressure

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Krawczyk Balska, Agata ^a   Lipiak, Magdalena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOLYSIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; FERRITIN; PENICILLIN G; TEICHOIC ACID;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; CELL WALL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FERRITINS; HUMANS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MUTATION; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; TEICHOIC ACIDS;

EID: 84886246869     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077808     Document Type: Article

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