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The outer membrane is an essential load-bearing element in Gram-negative bacteria

Gram-negative bacteria possess a complex cell envelope consisting of a plasma membrane, a peptidoglycan cell wall, and an outer membrane. The envelope is a selective chemical barrier(1) that defines cell shape(2) and allows the cell to sustain large mechanical loads such as turgor pressure(3). It is...

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Autores principales: Rojas, Enrique R., Billings, Gabriel, Odermatt, Pascal D., Auer, George K., Zhu, Lillian, Miguel, Amanda, Chang, Fred, Weibel, Doug B., Theriot, Julie A., Huang, Kerwyn Casey
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6089221/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30022160
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0344-3