Bacterial morphogenesis and the enigmatic MreB helix

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 241-248

  Errington, Jeff ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; BACTERIUM; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METABOLISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL WALL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

EID: 84925040939     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: 17401534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro3398     Document Type: Review

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