The Gonococcal NlpD Protein Facilitates Cell Separation by Activating Peptidoglycan Cleavage by AmiC.

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Published in J Bacteriol on November 16, 2015

Authors

Elizabeth A Stohl1, Jonathan D Lenz2, Joseph P Dillard2, H Steven Seifert3

Author Affiliations

1: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology-Immunology, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
2: University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
3: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology-Immunology, Chicago, Illinois, USA h-seifert@northwestern.edu.

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