Growth and localization of polyhydroxybutyrate granules in ralstonia eutropha

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1092-1099

  Beeby, Morgan ^a   Cho, Mimi ^b   Stubbe, Joanne ^b   Jensen, Grant J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID);

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CELL GRANULE; CELL SURFACE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CUPRIAVIDUS NECATOR; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LIPID BILAYER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CUPRIAVIDUS NECATOR; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE TOMOGRAPHY; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; POLYESTERS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CUPRIAVIDUS NECATOR;

EID: 84857812606     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.06125-11     Document Type: Article

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