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The RipA and RipB Peptidoglycan Endopeptidases Are Individually Nonessential to Mycobacterium smegmatis.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 May 2016
Martinelli Daniel J, Pavelka Martin S
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: Mycobacteria possess a series of Rip peptidoglycan endopeptidases that have been characterized in various levels of detail. The RipA and RipB proteins have been extensively studied and are DL-endopeptidases, and RipA has been considered essential to Mycobacterium smegmatis and Mycobacterium tuberculosis We show here that the ripA and ripB genes are individually dispensable in M. smegmatis and that at...
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