On the origin of membrane vesicles in Gram-negative bacteria

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 223-228

  Zhou, Leah ^a   Srisatjaluk, Ratchapin ^a   Justus, D E ^a   Doyle, R J ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Muramyl peptide; Turgor; Vesicles; Wall turnover

Indexed keywords

MURAMYL PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL DIVISION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MEMBRANE VESICLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOPLAST; SPHEROPLAST; STARVATION;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CELL WALL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; MURAMIC ACIDS; PEPTIDES; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032526947     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00147-5     Document Type: Article

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