BolA Affects Cell Growth, and Binds to the Promoters of Penicillin-Binding Proteins 5 and 6 and Regulates Their Expression |
Guinote, Ines Batista
(Instituto de Tecnologia Quimica e Biologica/Universidade Nova de Lisboa)
Matos, Rute Goncalves (Instituto de Tecnologia Quimica e Biologica/Universidade Nova de Lisboa) Freire, Patrick (Instituto de Tecnologia Quimica e Biologica/Universidade Nova de Lisboa) Arraiano, Cecilia Maria (Instituto de Tecnologia Quimica e Biologica/Universidade Nova de Lisboa) |
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