Super-resolution microscopy reveals cell wall dynamics and peptidoglycan architecture in ovococcal bacteria

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1096-1109

  Wheeler, Richard ^a   Mesnage, Stéphane ^a   Boneca, Ivo G ^b,c   Hobbs, Jamie K ^a   Foster, Simon J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDOGLYCAN; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; ILLUMINATION; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SUPER RESOLUTION MICROSCOPY;

BACTERIA; CELL WALL; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 82155168230     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07871.x     Document Type: Article

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