Building the Bacterial Wall (VIDEO)

Harvard Medical School

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The blue balls are wall-making proteins. The yellow represents a newly synthesized bacterial cell wall. The green color represents 'scaffolding' proteins.

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Janet Iwasa, for Harvard Medical School

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