Extended phenotype of an mreB-like mutant in Azospirillum brasilense

Microbiology

Volumn 150, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 2465-2474

  Biondi, Emanuele G ^a,e   Marini, Francesca ^b   Altieri, Fabio ^c   Bonzi, Laura ^a   Bazzicalupo, Marco ^a   del Gallo, Maddalena ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

ARTICLE; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SHAPE; CELL SURFACE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC REGULATION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

AZOSPIRILLUM; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 4344586377     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26904-0     Document Type: Article

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