The architecture of the murein (peptidoglycan) in gram-negative bacteria: Vertical scaffold or horizontal layer(s)?

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 5978-5987

  Vollmer, Waldemar ^a   Höltje, Joachim Volker ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b Galerie Jochen Holtje Tubingen   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

CROSS LINKING; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SHORT SURVEY;

CELL WALL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OLIGOPEPTIDES; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 4444220092     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.18.5978-5987.2004     Document Type: Short Survey

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