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The Redundancy of Peptidoglycan Carboxypeptidases Ensures Robust Cell Shape Maintenance in Escherichia coli

Peptidoglycan (PG) is an essential structural component of the bacterial cell wall and maintains the integrity and shape of the cell by forming a continuous layer around the cytoplasmic membrane. The thin PG layer of Escherichia coli resides in the periplasm, a unique compartment whose composition a...

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Autores principales: Peters, Katharina, Kannan, Suresh, Rao, Vincenzo A., Biboy, Jacob, Vollmer, Daniela, Erickson, Stephen W., Lewis, Richard J., Young, Kevin D., Vollmer, Waldemar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4916385/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27329754
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00819-16