Finding the corners in a cell

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 731-736

  Strahl, Henrik ^a   Hamoen, Leendert W ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; ENZYME; LIPID;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; CELL DIVISION; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTOPLASM; DIFFUSION; DNA REPLICATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIPID MEMBRANE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 84872268632     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: 18790364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2012.10.006     Document Type: Review

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