Towards a comprehensive view of the bacterial cell wall

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 569-574

  Dmitriev, Boris ^a   Toukach, Filip ^b   Ehlers, Stefan ^c  

^a GAMALEYA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b N D ZELINSKY INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^c RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CELL DIVISION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; METAMORPHOSIS; MOLECULAR MODEL; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 27844566174     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2005.10.001     Document Type: Article

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