From models to pathogens: How much have we learned about Streptococcus pneumoniae cell division?

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3133-3157

  Massidda, Orietta ^a   Nováková, Linda ^b   Vollmer, Waldemar ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; TEICHOIC ACID;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CAPSULE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL DIVISION; CELL WALL; CYTOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; SHORT SURVEY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CELL WALL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TEICHOIC ACIDS;

EID: 84888857354     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12189     Document Type: Short Survey

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