An early cytoplasmic step of peptidoglycan synthesis is associated to MreB in Bacillus subtilis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 348-362

  Rueff, Anne Stéphanie ^a   Chastanet, Arnaud ^a   Domínguez Escobar, Julia ^b   Yao, Zhizhong ^a   Yates, James ^c   Prejean, Maria Victoria ^a   Delumeau, Olivier ^a   Noirot, Philippe ^a   Wedlich Söldner, Roland ^b   Filipe, Sergio R ^c   Carballido López, Rut ^a  

^a UMR1319 MICALIS   (France)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMINOPIMELIC ACID; HYDROLASE; MREB PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN YKUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL WALL; CYTOPLASM; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84891948261     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12467     Document Type: Article

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