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General principles for the formation and proliferation of a wall-free (L-form) state in bacteria
The peptidoglycan cell wall is a defining structural feature of the bacterial kingdom. Curiously, some bacteria have the ability to switch to a wall-free or ‘L-form’ state. Although known for decades, the general properties of L-forms are poorly understood, largely due to the lack of systematic anal...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd
2014
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4244569/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25358088 http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.04629 |