Wall proficient E. coli capable of sustained growth in the absence of the Z-ring division machine

Nature Microbiology

Volumn 1, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  Mercier, Romain ^a,b   Kawai, Yoshikazu ^a   Errington, Jeff ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; FTSZ PROTEIN, BACTERIA; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

CELL DIVISION; CELL WALL; CYTOLOGY; DEFICIENCY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CELL WALL; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

EID: 84986919095     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20585276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmicrobiol.2016.91     Document Type: Article

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