Reduction of the peptidoglycan crosslinking causes a decrease in stiffness of the staphylococcus aureus cell envelope

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1082-1089

  Loskill, Peter ^a   Pereira, Pedro M ^b   Jung, Philipp ^c   Bischoff, Markus ^c   Herrmann, Mathias ^c   Pinho, Mariana G ^b   Jacobs, Karin ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^c SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; YOUNG MODULUS;

CELL WALL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ELASTIC MODULUS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84928912976     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2014.07.029     Document Type: Article

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