A Genome-Wide Screen for Bacterial Envelope Biogenesis Mutants Identifies a Novel Factor Involved in Cell Wall Precursor Metabolism

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Paradis Bleau, Catherine ^a   Kritikos, George ^b   Orlova, Katya ^c   Typas, Athanasios ^b   Bernhardt, Thomas G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ELYC PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOGENESIS; CELL METABOLISM; DNA LIBRARY; ELYC GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RMLA GENE; WECA GENE; WECC GENE; WECE GENE; WECF GENE; WECG GENE;

CELL MEMBRANE; CELL WALL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84896694433     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004056     Document Type: Article

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