Growth of the stress-bearing and shape-maintaining murein sacculus of Escherichia coli

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 181-203

  Höltje, Joachim Volker ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA LACTAMASE; GLYCAN; HYDROLASE; PENICILLIN G; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; SYNTHETASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL CYCLE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; STRESS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037858060     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.62.1.181-203.1998     Document Type: Article

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