Analysis of the peptidoglycan structure of Bacillus subtilis endospores

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 6451-6458

  Popham, David L ^a   Helin, Jari ^b,c   Costello, Catherine E ^b   Setlow, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0029904736     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.22.6451-6458.1996     Document Type: Article

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