Bacterial cell polarity: A 'swarmer-stalked' tale of actin

Trends in Cell Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 532-536

  Li, Rong ^a   Wai, Stephanie C ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIN LIKE PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MREB PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL CELL; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL POLARITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTOSKELETON; DNA REPLICATION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES; EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 4644247367     PISSN: 09628924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2004.09.003     Document Type: Short Survey

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