The functions of autolysins in the growth and division of bacillus subtilis

Critical Reviews in Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1987, Pages 169-222

  Doyle, R J ^a   Koch, Arthur L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDASE; GLUCOSAMINIDASE; HYDROLASE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL DIVISION; CELL WALL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYMOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMIDOHYDROLASES; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL DIVISION; CELL WALL; GLUCOSAMINIDASE; HYDROLASES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0023514772     PISSN: 1040841X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10408418709104457     Document Type: Article

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