Peptidoglycan structural dynamics during germination of Bacillus subtilis 168 endospores

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 4603-4612

  Atrih, Abdelmadjid ^a   Zöllner, Peter ^b   Allmaier, Günter ^b   Williamson, Michael P ^a   Foster, Simon J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; GLUCOSAMINIDASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL SPORE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SPORE GERMINATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIUM SUBTILIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031754136     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.17.4603-4612.1998     Document Type: Article

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