De novo morphogenesis in L-forms via geometric control of cell growth

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 883-896

  Billings, Gabriel ^a   Ouzounov, Nikolay ^b   Ursell, Tristan ^c   Desmarais, Samantha M ^c   Shaevitz, Joshua ^b   Gitai, Zemer ^b   Huang, Kerwyn Casey ^c,d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Stanford University   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MREB PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; MREB PROTEIN, E COLI;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL GROWTH; CELL LABELING; CELL SHAPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTOPLAST; REVERTANT; CELL WALL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

CELL WALL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; L FORMS;

EID: 84906937826     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12703     Document Type: Article

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