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L-form bacteria, cell walls and the origins of life

The peptidoglycan wall is a defining feature of bacterial cells and was probably already present in their last common ancestor. L-forms are bacterial variants that lack a cell wall and divide by a variety of processes involving membrane blebbing, tubulation, vesiculation and fission. Their unusual m...

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Autor principal: Errington, Jeff
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3603455/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23303308
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsob.120143