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Distinct single-cell morphological dynamics under beta-lactam antibiotics.
Molecular cell - 14 Dec 2012
Yao Zhizhong, Kahne Daniel, Kishony Roy
Abstract excerpt
The bacterial cell wall is conserved in prokaryotes, stabilizing cells against osmotic stress. Beta-lactams inhibit cell-wall synthesis and induce lysis through a bulge-mediated mechanism; however, little is known about the formation dynamics and stability of these bulges. To capture processes of different timescales, we developed an imaging platform combining automated image analysis with live-cell microscopy at...
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