Bacterial cell wall: Thinking globally, actin locally

Current Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 16, 2011, Pages

  Eraso, Jesus M ^a   Margolin, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 80052009110     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.06.056     Document Type: Short Survey

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