The physiology of bacterial cell division

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1277, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 8-28

  Egan, Alexander J F ^a   Vollmer, Waldemar ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell division; Divisome; Outer membrane; Penicillin binding protein; Peptidoglycan; Peptidoglycan hydrolyase; Tol Pal

Indexed keywords

AMIDASE; LIPOPROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN SYNTHASE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL DIVISION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH REGULATION; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84872856522     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2012.06818.x     Document Type: Article

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