Visualizing the production and arrangement of peptidoglycan in Gram-positive cells

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 645-649

  Popham, David L ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL ENDOSPORE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; ELECTRON CRYOTOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL WALL; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84877810544     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12212     Document Type: Note

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