On the origin of branches in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 6607-6614

  Gullbrand, Björn ^a   Åkerlund, Thomas ^b   Nordström, Kurt ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL DIVISION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032747168     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.21.6607-6614.1999     Document Type: Article

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