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Wall Teichoic Acid, Peptidoglycan Synthesis and Morphogenesis in Bacillus Subtilis

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Ever since morphological mutants in several rod-shaped bacteria were isolated (Boylan and Mendelson, 1969; Rogers et al., 1970; Satta et al., 1969), the question of cell shape maintenance has been and remains a central one. We examine a possible role in cell morphogenesis of the interdependence of the syntheses of peptidoglycan and other cell wall components.

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  1. Institut de génétique et de biologie microbiennes, Rue César-Roux 19, 1005, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Harold M. Pooley, François-Xavier Abellan & Dimitri Karamata

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  1. Centro de Biología Molecular, CSIC-UAM, Madrid, Spain

    M. A. de Pedro

  2. Max-Planck-Institut für Entwicklungsbiologie, Tübingen, Germany

    J.-V. Höltje

  3. Institut für Allgemeine Biochemie, Universität Wien, Wien, Austria

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Pooley, H.M., Abellan, FX., Karamata, D. (1993). Wall Teichoic Acid, Peptidoglycan Synthesis and Morphogenesis in Bacillus Subtilis . In: de Pedro, M.A., Höltje, JV., Löffelhardt, W. (eds) Bacterial Growth and Lysis. Federation of European Microbiological Societies Symposium Series, vol 65. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9359-8_46

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