Molecular organization of Gram-negative peptidoglycan

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 48, 2008, Pages 18953-18957

  Gan, Lu ^a   Chen, Songye ^a   Jensen, Grant J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell shape; Cell wall; Cryo EM; Sacculus; Tomography

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL SURFACE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL WALL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 57749083521     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0808035105     Document Type: Article

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