Form equals function? Bacterial shape and its consequences for pathogenesis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 792-795

  Dworkin, Jonathan ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEINASE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL SHAPE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL WALL; ENDOPEPTIDASES; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COCCOIDEA; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 78349235090     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07387.x     Document Type: Note

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