Die for the community: An overview of programmed cell death in bacteria

Cell Death and Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Allocati, N ^a   Masulli, M ^a   Di Ilio, C ^a   De Laurenzi, V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOLYSIN; HOLIN; HYDROLASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; AUTOLYSIS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOFILM; CANNIBALISM; CELL FUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTIC CELL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPOROGENESIS; STREPTOMYCES; STRESS; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

APOPTOSIS; BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84927593954     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20414889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/cddis.2014.570     Document Type: Review

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