Author response: Membrane-partitioned cell wall synthesis in mycobacteria
Alam García‐Heredia, Takehiro Kado, Caralyn E. Sein, Júlia Puffal, Sarah H. Osman, Julius Judd, Todd A. Gray, Yasu S. Morita, et al. (9 authors)
Abstract
Mycobacteria employ plasma membrane compartments to organize their cell wall synthesis, and the finalized cell wall compartmentalizes the plasma membrane to promote an environment conducive to its own synthesis.
MeSH terms
- Peptidoglycan
- Lipid II
- Cell wall
- Mycobacterium smegmatis
- Bacterial cell structure
- Biogenesis
- Bacterial outer membrane
- Biology
- Biochemistry
- Cell biology
- Cell membrane
- Membrane
- Bacteria