Bacterial shape

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 571-580

  Young, Kevin D ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FTSZ PROTEIN; MREB PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN MBL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL CELL; CELL DIVISION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EUBACTERIUM; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SHORT SURVEY;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CELL WALL; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORPHOGENESIS; MURAMOYLPENTAPEPTIDE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PENICILLINS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0041664049     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03607.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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