Staphylococcus aureusDivIB is a peptidoglycan-binding protein that is required for a morphological checkpoint in cell division

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1041-1064

  Bottomley, Amy L ^a,b   Kabli, Azhar F ^a   Hurd, Alexander F ^a   Turner, Robert D ^a   Garcia Lara, Jorge ^a   Foster, Simon J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BINDING PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN DIVLB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; CELL DIVISION; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVLB GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 84912045213     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12813     Document Type: Article

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