Deciphering the metabolism of undecaprenyl-phosphate: The bacterial cell-wall unit carrier at the membrane frontier

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 199-214

  Manat, Guillaume ^a   Roure, Sophie ^a   Auger, Rodolphe ^a   Bouhss, Ahmed ^a   Barreteau, Hélène ^a   Mengin Lecreulx, Dominique ^a   Touzé, Thierry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACITRACIN; DOLICHOL PHOSPHATE; LIPID; PHOSPHORIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNDECAPRENYL PHOSPHATE; BACA PROTEIN, E COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; ISOPRENOID PHOSPHATE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHATIDATE PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHATIDIC ACID PHOSPHATASE TYPE 2; TRANSFERASE; UNDECAPRENYL PYROPHOSPHATE; UNDECAPRENYL PYROPHOSPHATE SYNTHETASE;

BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BIOGENESIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL FUNCTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOPLASM; DEPHOSPHORYLATION; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME BINDING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOPHILICITY; PHOSPHATE METABOLISM; PHOSPHOLIPID BILAYER; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SYNTHESIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL WALL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; LIPID METABOLISM; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PHOSPHATIDATE PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; POLYISOPRENYL PHOSPHATES;

EID: 84902143379     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: 19318448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2014.0035     Document Type: Conference Paper

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