A burkholderia cenocepacia murJ (MviN) homolog is essential for cell wall peptidoglycan synthesis and bacterial viability

Glycobiology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 564-576

  Mohamed, Yasmine Fathy ^a,b   Valvano, Miguel A ^a,c  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b Alexandria University Faculty of Pharmacy   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

cell wall; cystic fibrosis; essential gene; flippase; undecaprenylphosphate

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DNA HOMOLOG; IMIPENEM; LIPID; LIPID II; MURAMIC ACID; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; RECOMBINANT DNA; RHAMNOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MURAMYL-NAC-(PENTAPEPTIDE)PYROPHOSPHORYL-UNDECAPRENOL; MVIN PROTEIN, BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N ACETYLMURAMIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BURKHOLDERIA CENOCEPACIA; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOLYSIS; EPSILOMETER TEST; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESSENTIAL GENE; GENE REPRESSION; GROWTH DISORDER; NONHUMAN; PAPER CHROMATOGRAPHY; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; T CELL DEPLETION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BURKHOLDERIA CENOCEPACIA; CELL WALL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N-ACETYLMURAMIC ACID;

EID: 84899816263     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: 14602423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwu025     Document Type: Article

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