Cell shape dynamics during the staphylococcal cell cycle

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Monteiro, João M ^a   Fernandes, Pedro B ^a   Vaz, Filipa ^a   Pereira, Ana R ^a   Tavares, Andreia C ^a   Ferreira, Maria T ^a   Pereira, Pedro M ^a   Veiga, Helena ^a   Kuru, Erkin ^b   Vannieuwenhze, Michael S ^b   Brun, Yves V ^b   Filipe, Sérgio R ^a   Pinho, Mariana G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDOGLYCAN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

BACTERIUM; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; MORPHOLOGY; PATHOGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL SHAPE; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAUGHTER CELL; HYDROLYSIS; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SYNTHESIS; TURGOR PRESSURE; CELL WALL; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE; CELL WALL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PLASMIDS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84939618972     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9055     Document Type: Article

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