Cell wall assembly in Bacillus subtilis: How spirals and spaces challenge paradigms

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1077-1090

  Bhavsar, Amit P ^a   Brown, Eric D ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; HYDROLYASE; LIPID; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; POLYMER; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TEICHOIC ACID;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIONS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL WALL; CYTOSKELETON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; POLYMERS; TEICHOIC ACIDS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33745278528     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05169.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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