MreC and MreD proteins are not required for growth of staphylococcus aureus

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Tavares, Andreia C ^a   Fernandes, Pedro B ^a   Carballido López, Rut ^b   Pinho, Mariana G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^b UMR1319 MICALIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACITRACIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CYCLOSERINE; FOSFOMYCIN; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MREC PROTEIN; MRED PROTEIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; OXACILLIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TUNICAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MREC PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CELL VOLUME; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; BACTERIAL GENE; CYTOLOGY; ESSENTIAL GENE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, ESSENTIAL; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84949058405     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140523     Document Type: Article

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