Deciphering Morphological determinants of the helix-shaped Leptospira

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 6266-6275

  Slamti, Leyla ^a,c   de Pedro, Miguel A ^b   Guichet, Emilande ^a   Picardeau, Mathieu ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UMR1319 MICALIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZTREONAM; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MECILLINAM; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 3; PENICILLIN G; PEPTIDE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL ELONGATION; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA BIFLEXA; LEPTOSPIRA BORGPETERSENII; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; MICROMORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; LEPTOSPIRA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MUTATION; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA BIFLEXA;

EID: 80655142462     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.05695-11     Document Type: Article

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