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PMID: 4110927 Published · ppublish English Journal Article

Structural difference between walls from ends and sides of the rod-shaped bacterium Bacillus subtilis.

Journal of bacteriology ·Vol. 109 ·No. 3 ·1972-03-00 ·Pages 1266-72

Fan DP, Pelvit MC, Cunningham WP

Abstract

Electron microscopy studies show that walls from ends of Bacillus subtilis cells are more resistant to autolytic degradation that walls from sides of the same cells. This observation suggests that these two parts of the cell are structurally different. A method is available for the isolation of walls from ends of cells.

MeSH Terms
Amidohydrolases/metabolism Autolysis Bacillus subtilis/cytology,enzymology Cell Wall Centrifugation, Density Gradient Chlorides Glucosidases/metabolism Lithium Microscopy, Electron Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate Staining and Labeling Sucrose
Chemicals
Chlorides Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate Sucrose Lithium Glucosidases Amidohydrolases
Authors & Affiliations
3 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Fan D P
Pelvit M C
Cunningham W P
References (6)
6 references, click to expand
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  3. Autolysin(s) of Bacillus subtilis as dechaining enzyme.
    J Bacteriol. 1970 Aug;103(2):494-9 PMID: 4988246
  4. Mutant of Bacillus subtilis demonstrating the requirement of lysis for growth.
    J Bacteriol. 1971 Feb;105(2):629-36 PMID: 4993341
  5. Ultrastructural studies on a mutant of Bacillus subtilis whose growth is inhibited due to insufficient autolysin production.
    J Bacteriol. 1972 Mar;109(3):1247-57 PMID: 4622130
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    J Bacteriol. 1972 Mar;109(3):1258-65 PMID: 4622131
Article Info
Journal
Journal of bacteriology
Abbr.
J Bacteriol
ISSN
0021-9193
DOI
10.1128/jb.109.3.1266-1272.1972
Published
1972-03-00
Pages
1266-72
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
2985120R
PMCID
PMC247351
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/jb.109.3.1266-1272.1972 PMC Full Text View journal details
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