The Redundancy of Peptidoglycan Carboxypeptidases Ensures Robust Cell Shape Maintenance in <named-content content-type="genus-species">Escherichia coli</named-content>

The Redundancy of Peptidoglycan Carboxypeptidases Ensures Robust Cell Shape Maintenance in <named-content content-type="genus-species">Escherichia coli</named-content>

ABSTRACT 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 comp...

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Main Authors: Katharina Peters, Suresh Kannan, Vincenzo A. Rao, Jacob Biboy, Daniela Vollmer, Stephen W. Erickson, Richard J. Lewis, Kevin D. Young, Waldemar Vollmer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2016-07-01
Series:mBio
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.00819-16

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