The role of peptidoglycan in chlamydial cell division: Towards resolving the chlamydial anomaly

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 262-275

  Jacquier, Nicolas ^a   Viollier, Patrick H ^b   Greub, Gilbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cell division; Cell wall; Contractile ring; MreB; Peptidoglycan; RodZ; Waddlia chondrophila

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; LIPID; NLPD PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN; RODZ PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MURAMYL-NAC-(PENTAPEPTIDE)PYROPHOSPHORYL-UNDECAPRENOL; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N ACETYLMURAMIC ACID;

BACTERIAL CELL; CELL DIVISION; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CHLAMYDIAL CELL DIVISION; CHLAMYDIALES; CHLAMYDIASIS; CYTOKINESIS; GLYCOPROTEIN SYNTHESIS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; INVAGINATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CHLAMYDIALES; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N-ACETYLMURAMIC ACID;

EID: 84928215881     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: 15746976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/femsre/fuv001     Document Type: Review

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