Unusual features of the cell cycle in mycobacteria: Polar-restricted growth and the snapping-model of cell division

Tuberculosis

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 231-236

  Thanky, Niren R ^a   Young, Douglas B ^a   Robertson, Brian D ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell division; Fluorescent vancomycin; Polar growth

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDOGLYCAN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STAINING;

CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

EID: 34047274095     PISSN: 14729792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2006.10.004     Document Type: Article

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