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Cell Growth of Wall-Free L-Form Bacteria Is Limited by Oxidative Damage

The peptidoglycan (PG) cell wall is a defining feature of the bacterial lineage and an important target for antibiotics, such as β-lactams and glycopeptides. Nevertheless, many bacteria are capable of switching into a cell-wall-deficient state, called the “L-form” [1–3]. These variants have been cla...

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Autores principales: Kawai, Yoshikazu, Mercier, Romain, Wu, Ling Juan, Domínguez-Cuevas, Patricia, Oshima, Taku, Errington, Jeff
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cell Press 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4510147/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26051891
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2015.04.031