title: Elongation of the murein sacculus of Escherichia coli.
abstract: Elongation is an orderly multisite process in which, at each of about 90 growth points, two strands of murein are concurrently being synthesized, inserted and cross-linked to the sacculus. The enzymes involved move around the circumference of the cytoplasmic membrane at a rate of about 5 nm per second as new strands are being inserted, and this rate is sufficient to double the length of the cell during the cell division cycle.
mesh_terms: D002455:Cell Division; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000254:growth & development*; D010457:Peptidoglycan / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D010457:Peptidoglycan