Mollicutes - Wall-less bacteria with internal cytoskeletons

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 124, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 244-256

  Trachtenberg, Shlomo ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cell motility; Cryo electron microscopy; Cytoskeleton; Linear motors; Mollicutes; Mycoplasma; Spiroplasma

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CELL DIVISION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CHEMOTAXIS; CYTOSKELETON; MOLLICUTES; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROPLASMA;

EID: 0032455875     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.1998.4063     Document Type: Article

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