In vitro reconstitution of peptidoglycan assembly from the gram-positive pathogen streptococcus pneumoniae

ACS Chemical Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2688-2696

  Zapun, André ^a,b,c   Philippe, Jules ^a,b,c   Abrahams, Katherine A ^d   Signor, Luca ^a,b,c   Roper, David I ^d   Breukink, Eefjan ^e   Vernet, Thierry ^a,b,c  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

^c CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMS; CELL WALL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N-ACETYLMURAMIC ACID;

EID: 84890831002     PISSN: 15548929     EISSN: 15548937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cb400575t     Document Type: Article

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