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. 1970 Dec 1;47(3):786–790. doi: 10.1083/jcb.47.3.786

RADIOAUTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE FOR EQUATORIAL WALL GROWTH IN A GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIUM

Segregation of Choline-3H-Labeled Teichoic Acid

Eve Barak Briles 1, Alexander Tomasz 1
PMCID: PMC2108156  PMID: 4395735

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