Bacterial cell morphogenesis does not require a preexisting template structure

Current Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 863-867

  Kawai, Yoshikazu ^a   Mercier, Romain ^a   Errington, Jeff ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PRIMER DNA; TEICHOIC ACID;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL SHAPE; CELL WALL; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL SHAPE; CELL WALL; DNA PRIMERS; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORPHOGENESIS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEICHOIC ACIDS;

EID: 84898824029     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.02.053     Document Type: Article

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