Identification and characterization of mutations conferring resistance to D-amino acids in Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 197, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1632-1639

  Leiman, Sara A ^a   Richardson, Charles ^b   Foulston, Lucy ^a   Elsholz, Alexander K W ^a   First, Eric A ^b   Losick, Richard ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXTRO AMINO ACID; DEXTRO LEUCINE; DEXTRO METHIONINE; DEXTRO TRYPTOPHAN; DEXTRO TYROSINE; LEUCINE; LIGAND; TRANSFER RNA; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; TYROSINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMINO ACID; GROWTH INHIBITOR; MUTANT PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSWITCH; STEREOCHEMISTRY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CELL WALL; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MUTATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; POSIBACTERIA;

AMINO ACIDS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL WALL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GROWTH INHIBITORS; MUTANT PROTEINS; MUTATION; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TYROSINE-TRNA LIGASE;

EID: 84928386662     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00009-15     Document Type: Article

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