Cell wall turnover in lyt mutants of Bacillus subtilis.

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Cell wall turnover in lyt mutants of Bacillus subtilis.

Annales de l'Institut Pasteur. Microbiologie - 1 Jan 2000

Vitkovic L

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One of the reported phenotypes of Bacillus subtilis strains containing the lyt mutations is a deficiency in cell wall turnover. However, it has recently been shown in our laboratory that these mutant cells can turn over their walls under certain conditions (Vitkovic et al. [2, 11] and Abstr. K3,...

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Bacillus subtilis
Cell Wall
Mutation
N-Acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine Amidase

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