FtsW is a peptidoglycan polymerase that is functional only in complex with its cognate penicillin-binding protein

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Suppression of a deletion mutation in the gene encoding essential PBP2b reveals a new lytic transglycosylase involved in peripheral peptidoglycan synthesis inStreptococcus pneumoniaeD39

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SEDS proteins are a widespread family of bacterial cell wall polymerases

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FtsEX acts on FtsA to regulate divisome assembly and activity

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Bacterial cell wall biogenesis is mediated by SEDS and PBP polymerase families functioning semi-autonomously

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The integral membrane FtsW protein and peptidoglycan synthase PBP3 form a subcomplex in Escherichia coli

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