Clusters of the essential protein BamA in the outer membrane of the bacterium Escherichia coli. (IMAGE)
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Image shows clusters of the essential protein BamA in the outer membrane of the bacterium Escherichia coli. The new study demonstrates that BamA’s ability to introduce new proteins into the membrane, which are needed for growth, is strictly controlled by the cell wall that sits immediately beneath it. Image courtesy of Dr Gideon Mamou, University of Oxford.
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Dr Gideon Mamou, University of Oxford
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