Cell growth and cell division in the rod-shaped actinomycete Corynebacterium glutamicum

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 99-109

  Letek, Michal ^a   Fiuza, María ^a   Ordóñez, Efrén ^a   Villadangos, Almudena F ^a   Ramos, Astrid ^a   Mateos, Luís M ^a   Gil, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cell division; Cell growth; Cell wall; Corynebacterium; DivIVA; FtsI; FtsZ; HMW PBP

Indexed keywords

MREB PROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL ELONGATION; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOGENESIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 45449096132     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10482-008-9224-4     Document Type: Article

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