May 28, 2024
Bacterial envelope built to a peptidoglycan tune

Bacterial envelope built to a peptidoglycan tune

Nature, Published online: 27 June 2022; doi:10.1038/d41586-022-01739-3

How a bacterium coordinates the assembly of its outer layers, and couples the formation of this envelope to cell growth and division, is not fully understood. Assessing the role of peptidoglycan molecules provides some answers.

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