Cell walls

I am currently reading about the plant cell wall and it's expansion (for an assignment which happens to be in tomorrow!) ... "Wall extension commonly exhibits a yield threshold stress, below which walls do not extend. Although its molecular nature is not well understood, one way ...

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For years, I have been doing E. coli transformation by heat shocking cells and then plating immediately on amp plates with no recovery. I was taught ... translation) and once the cells began making ampicillinase, their cell walls could recover and cells would grow. Translational inhibitors obviously ...

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... not too late already for your assignment, very briefly: prokaryotic cells are in general much smaller than eukaryotic ones, they have no membrane-bound ... the animals (including humans as well). Plant and algal cells have cell walls which contain cellulose, while fungal cell have cell walls with ...

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If firmly attached to a cell wall of G+ bacteria leaving a structured tight matrix excluding particles it is ... to as a slime layer. I was just wondering seen as a capsule is attached to G+ cell walls does that mean that slime layers attach to G- cell walls? Ive an exam on Wednesday ...

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... G+C gram positive bacteria. But how is it gram positive if it lacks a cell wall? Wouldn't it be gram negative then? ...Because if it lacks a cell ... bacteria. These are faculative or obligate anaerobes that lack cell walls, which means they stain pink when Gram stained..." So I get it ...

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