Branching of Escherichia coli cells arises from multiple sites of inert peptidoglycan

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1147-1152

  De Pedro, Miguel A ^a   Young, Kevin D ^b   Höltje, Joachim Volker ^c   Schwarz, Heinz ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AZTREONAM; CYSTEINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 5; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL DIVISION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MURAMOYLPENTAPEPTIDE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037312770     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.4.1147-1152.2003     Document Type: Article

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