Architecture and assembly of the Gram-positive cell wall

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 664-672

  Beeby, Morgan ^a,c   Gumbart, James C ^b,d   Roux, Benoît ^d,e   Jensen, Grant J ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; CELL ELONGATION; CYTOARCHITECTURE; ELECTRON CRYOTOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL WALL; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE TOMOGRAPHY; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 84877832064     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12203     Document Type: Article

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