The rcs stress response and accessory envelope proteins are required for de novo generation of cell shape in escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 195, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2452-2462

  Ranjit, Dev K ^a   Young, Kevin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVELOPE PROTEIN; LYSOZYME; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 1B; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL WALL; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; DAUGHTER CELL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SPHEROPLAST;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CELL WALL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LIPOPROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MURAMIDASE; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PHENOTYPE; REGENERATION; SEQUENCE DELETION; SERINE-TYPE D-ALA-D-ALA CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; SPHEROPLASTS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84877996484     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00160-13     Document Type: Article

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