Crucial Role for Membrane Fluidity in Proliferation of Primitive Cells

Cell Reports

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 417-423

  Mercier, Romain ^a   Domínguez Cuevas, Patricia ^a   Errington, Jeff ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRANCHED CHAIN FATTY ACID; FATTY ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SHAPE; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; GENETIC SCREENING; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL WALL; CYTOSKELETON; FATTY ACIDS; L FORMS; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MUTATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84861679512     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22111247     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2012.03.008     Document Type: Article

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