Coordination of peptidoglycan synthesis and outer membrane constriction during Escherichia coli cell division

To maintain cellular structure and integrity during division, Gram-negative bacteria must carefully coordinate constriction of a tripartite cell envelope of inner membrane, peptidoglycan (PG), and outer membrane (OM). It has remained enigmatic how this is accomplished. Here, we show that envelope ma...

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Main Authors: Andrew N Gray, Alexander JF Egan, Inge L van't Veer, Jolanda Verheul, Alexandre Colavin, Alexandra Koumoutsi, Jacob Biboy, A F Maarten Altelaar, Mirjam J Damen, Kerwyn Casey Huang, Jean-Pierre Simorre, Eefjan Breukink, Tanneke den Blaauwen, Athanasios Typas, Carol A Gross, Waldemar Vollmer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2015-05-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/07118