Cell division site placement and asymmetric growth in Mycobacteria

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Joyce, Graham ^a   Williams, Kerstin J ^a   Robb, Matthew ^a   Noens, Elke ^b   Tizzano, Barbara ^b   Shahrezaei, Vahid ^a   Robertson, Brian D ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 1A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL GROWTH; CELL LABELING; CELL LENGTH; CELL SEPTUM; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; DAUGHTER CELL; GROWTH RATE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; TIME LAPSE IMAGING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE;

CELL DIVISION; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 84874668909     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044582     Document Type: Article

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