Requirement of essential Pbp2x and GpsB for septal ring closure in Streptococcus pneumoniaeD39

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 939-955

  Land, Adrian D ^a   Tsui, Ho Ching T ^a   Kocaoglu, Ozden ^a   Vella, Stephen A ^a   Shaw, Sidney L ^a   Keen, Susan K ^a   Sham, Lok To ^a   Carlson, Erin E ^a   Winkler, Malcolm E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; FTSZ PROTEIN; GPSB PROTEIN; METICILLIN; MREC PROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 1A; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2X; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CELL DIVISION; CELL ELONGATION; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; CYTOLYSIS; GLYCOPROTEIN SYNTHESIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; INHIBITION KINETICS; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STRUCTURED ILLUMINATION MICROSCOPY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; METHICILLIN; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84888315230     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12408     Document Type: Article

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