Membrane intermediates in the peptidoglycan metabolism of Escherichia coli: possible roles of PBP 1b and PBP 3

Experiments in molecular genetics

1972 • 28,260 citations

Improved M13 phage cloning vectors and host strains: nucleotide sequences of the M13mpl8 and pUC19 vectors

1985 • 15,222 citations

A colony bank containing synthetic CoI EI hybrid plasmids representative of the entire E. coli genome

1976 • 1,313 citations

Properties of the Penicillin‐Binding Proteins of Escherichia coli K12

1977 • 645 citations

The composition of the murein of Escherichia coli.

1988 • 529 citations

Separation and quantification of muropeptides with high-performance liquid chromatography

1988 • 469 citations

Purification and Properties of C55-Isoprenoid Alcohol Phosphokinase from Staphylococcus aureus

1972 • 285 citations

Penicillin-Binding Proteins of Gram-Negative Bacteria

1988 • 212 citations

Cytoplasmic steps of peptidoglycan synthesis in Escherichia coli

1982 • 191 citations

Peptidoglycan synthetic enzyme activities of highly purified penicillin-binding protein 3 in Escherichia coli: A septum-forming reaction sequence

1981 • 182 citations

The murG gene of Escherichia coli codes for the UDP-N-acetylglucosamine: N-acetylmuramyl-(pentapeptide) pyrophosphoryl-undecaprenol N-acetylglucosamine transferase involved in the membrane steps of peptidoglycan synthesis

1991 • 180 citations

Cell division and peptidoglycan assembly in Eschenchia coli

1991 • 166 citations

Isolation, purification, and properties of the lipid-linked intermediates of O-antigen biosynthesis

1966 • 150 citations

Biosynthesis of the Peptidoglycan of Bacterial Cell Walls

1968 • 145 citations

The Escherichia coli mraY gene encoding UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-pentapeptide: undecaprenyl-phosphate phospho-N-acetylmuramoyl-pentapeptide transferase

1991 • 137 citations

Dual enzyme activities of cell wall peptidoglycan synthesis, peptidoglycan transglycosylase and penicillin-sensitive transpeptidase, in purified preparations of Escherichia coli penicillin-binding protein 1A

1980 • 132 citations

Functional biosynthesis of cell wall peptidoglycan by polymorphic bifunctional polypeptides. Penicillin-binding protein 1Bs of Escherichia coli with activities of transglycosylase and transpeptidase.

1984 • 132 citations

In vitro peptidoglycan polymerization catalysed by penicillin binding protein 1b of Escherichia coli K‐12

1980 • 118 citations

Effect of growth conditions on peptidoglycan content and cytoplasmic steps of its biosynthesis in Escherichia coli

1985 • 114 citations

The balance between different peptidoglycan precursors determines whether Escherichia coli cells will elongate or divide

1990 • 110 citations

Polymerization by transglycosylation in the biosynthesis of the peptidoglycan of Escherichia coli K 12 and its inhibition by antibiotics

1978 • 100 citations

Activity of penicillin-binding protein 3 from Escherichia coli

1986 • 89 citations

Machinery for cell growth and division: Penicillin-binding proteins and other proteins

1990 • 85 citations

Reverse-phase high-pressure liquid chromatography of uridine diphosphate N-acetylmuramyl peptide precursors of bacterial cell wall peptidoglycan

1981 • 84 citations

Biosynthesis of the Peptidoglycan of Bacterial Cell Walls

1970 • 82 citations

On the role of the high molecular weight penicillin-binding proteins in the cell cycle of Escherichia coli

1991 • 78 citations

Purification and characterization of the D-alanyl-D-alanine-adding enzyme from Escherichia coli

1990 • 74 citations

Effects of Moenomycin on Escherichia coli

1987 • 70 citations

Murein Synthesis and Identification of Cell Wall Precursors of Temperature-Sensitive Lysis Mutants of Escherichia coli

1972 • 70 citations

Differential effect of mutational impairment of penicillin-binding proteins 1A and 1B on Escherichia coli strains harboring thermosensitive mutations in the cell division genes ftsA, ftsQ, ftsZ, and pbpB

1990 • 69 citations

Biosynthesis of peptidoglycan

1980 • 69 citations

On the process of cellular division in Escherichia coli: isolation and characterization of penicillin-binding proteins 1a, 1b, and 3.

1980 • 65 citations

Incorporation of LL-diaminopimelic acid into peptidoglycan of Escherichia coli mutants lacking diaminopimelate epimerase encoded by dapF

1988 • 65 citations

Activity of three murein hydrolases during the cell division cycle of Escherichia coli K-12 as measured in toluene-treated cells

1976 • 63 citations

Isolation of the Lipid Intermediate in Peptidoglycan Biosynthesis from Escherichia coli

1972 • 57 citations

Enzymatic synthesis of cell wall mucopeptide in a particulate preparation of Escherichia coli

1966 • 57 citations

Autolysis-resistant peptidoglycan of anomalous composition in amino-acid-starved Escherichia coli

1988 • 46 citations

Site of Inhibition of Peptidoglycan Biosynthesis During the Stringent Response in Escherichia coli

1978 • 44 citations

Involvement of the relA gene product and feedback inhibition in the regulation of DUP-N-acetylmuramyl-peptide synthesis in Escherichia coli.

1978 • 42 citations

Variations in UDP-N-acetylglucosamine and UDP-N-acetylmuramyl-pentapeptide pools in Escherichia coli after inhibition of protein synthesis

1989 • 42 citations

Synthetic ColE1 plasmids carrying genes for penicillin-binding proteins in Escherichia coli

1981 • 36 citations

Phospho-N-acetylmuramoyl-pentapeptide-transferase of Escherichia coli K12 Properties of the membrane-bound and the extracted and partially purified enzyme

1978 • 35 citations

Determination of Murein Precursors during the Cell Cycle of Escherichia coli

1989 • 28 citations

Isolation of Polyisoprenyl Alcohols from Streptococcus faecalis

1972 • 25 citations

Release of D-alanyl-D-alanine from the precursor of the cell wall peptidoglycan by a peptidase of Escherichia coli K 12

1973 • 18 citations

Identification of a new mutation in Escherichia coli that suppresses a pbpB (Ts) phenotype in the presence of penicillin-binding protein 1B

1991 • 10 citations

Nucleotide sequence of the regulatory region of the genepbpBofEscherichia coli

1990 • 8 citations

Variability in the posttranslational processing of penicillin-binding protein 1b among different strains of Escherichia coli

1987 • 3 citations

Antibiotic Action in Protein Synthesis

1973 • 3 citations