Peptidoglycan plasticity in bacteria: Emerging variability of the murein sacculus and their associated biological functions

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 46-53

  Cava, Felipe ^a   de Pedro, Miguel A ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MORPHOGENESIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; PLASTICITY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; REVIEW; SACCULUS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPHEROPLAST; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; CELL WALL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CELL WALL; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84895756372     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: 18790364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2014.01.004     Document Type: Review

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