Essential PcsB putative peptidoglycan hydrolase interacts with the essential FtsXSpn cell division protein in Streptococcus pneumoniae D39

The Requirement for Pneumococcal MreC and MreD Is Relieved by Inactivation of the Gene Encoding PBP1a

(2011) A. D. Land et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Characterization of Mutants Deficient in the L,D-Carboxypeptidase (DacB) and WalRK (VicRK) Regulon, Involved in Peptidoglycan Maturation of Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 2 Strain D39

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Absence of pneumococcal PcsB is associated with overexpression of LysM domain-containing proteins

(2011) C. Giefing-Kroll et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

An ATP-binding cassette transporter-like complex governs cell-wall hydrolysis at the bacterial cytokinetic ring

(2011) D. C. Yang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Bacterial Shape: Two-Dimensional Questions and Possibilities

(2010) Kevin D. Young   Annual Review of Microbiology

Daughter cell separation is controlled by cytokinetic ring-activated cell wall hydrolysis

(2010) Tsuyoshi Uehara et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Commensal pathogens, with a focus on Streptococcus pneumoniae, and interactions with the human host

(2010) Birgitta Henriques-Normark et al.   EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH

Localization and Cellular Amounts of the WalRKJ (VicRKX) Two-Component Regulatory System Proteins in Serotype 2 Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2010) K. J. Wayne et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Instability of ackA (Acetate Kinase) Mutations and Their Effects on Acetyl Phosphate and ATP Amounts in Streptococcus pneumoniae D39

(2010) S. Ramos-Montanez et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Streptococcus pyogenesSer/Thr Kinase-regulated Cell Wall Hydrolase Is a Cell Division Plane-recognizing and Chain-forming Virulence Factor

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Global, regional, and national causes of child mortality in 2008: a systematic analysis

(2010) Robert E Black et al.   LANCET

A new morphogenesis pathway in bacteria: unbalanced activity of cell wall synthesis machineries leads to coccus-to-rod transition and filamentation in ovococci

(2010) Daniel Pérez-Núñez et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Pneumococcal CbpD is a murein hydrolase that requires a dual cell envelope binding specificity to kill target cells during fratricide

(2010) Vegard Eldholm et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Pneumolysin Localizes to the Cell Wall of Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2009) K. E. Price et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

LytM-Domain Factors Are Required for Daughter Cell Separation and Rapid Ampicillin-Induced Lysis in Escherichia coli

(2009) T. Uehara et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Influences of Capsule on Cell Shape and Chain Formation of Wild-Type and pcsB Mutants of Serotype 2 Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2009) S. M. Barendt et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

ATP-Binding Site Lesions in FtsE Impair Cell Division

(2009) S. J. R. Arends et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

The pneumococcus: why a commensal misbehaves

(2009) Jeffrey N. Weiser   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR MEDICINE-JMM

Pathogenesis, treatment, and prevention of pneumococcal pneumonia

(2009) Tom van der Poll et al.   LANCET

Fratricide in Streptococcus pneumoniae: contributions and role of the cell wall hydrolases CbpD, LytA and LytC

(2009) V. Eldholm et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

The CHAP domain of Cse functions as an endopeptidase that acts at mature septa to promoteStreptococcus thermophiluscell separation

(2009) Séverine Layec et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

CsiA is a bacterial cell wall synthesis inhibitor contributing to DNA translocation through the cell envelope

(2009) Régis Stentz et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Tn-seq: high-throughput parallel sequencing for fitness and genetic interaction studies in microorganisms

(2009) Tim van Opijnen et al.   NATURE METHODS

Bacteriophage lysins as effective antibacterials

(2008) Vincent A Fischetti   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Tail-associated structural protein gp61 ofStaphylococcus aureusphage φMR11 has bifunctional lytic activity

(2008) Mohammad Rashel et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Essentiality, Bypass, and Targeting of the YycFG (VicRK) Two-Component Regulatory System in Gram-Positive Bacteria

(2008) M. E. Winkler et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY