Patchiness of murein insertion into the sidewall of Escherichia coli

Microbiology

Volumn 149, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1753-1761

  De Pedro, Miguel A ^a   Schwarz, Heinz ^b   Koch, Arthur L ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL DIVISION; CELL KINETICS; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL WALL; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0038487303     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26125-0     Document Type: Article

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