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Removing a wall-repair enzyme makes flagellum assembly lethal in Bacillus subtilis
Indiana University biologists deleted PBP1 expecting a leakier cell wall and an easier flagellum build, and instead watched cells burst as soon as the tail was finished, which turns wall repair into a target that only bites during assembly.
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