The bifunctional cell wall hydrolase cwlT is needed for conjugation of the integrative and conjugative element ICEBs1 in Bacillus subtilis and B. anthracis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 196, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1588-1596

  DeWitt, Tyler ^a   Grossman, Alan D ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL WALL HYDROLASE CWLT; DNA A; HYDROLASE; LIPID; LIPOPROTEIN; LYSOZYME; PEPTIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTOPLASM; DNA DAMAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE TRANSFER; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HYDROLYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; INTEGRATIVE AND CONJUGATIVE ELEMENT; LYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; SYNTHESIS;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL WALL; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; HYDROLASES; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 84896441314     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00012-14     Document Type: Article

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