Analyses of mechanisms for force generation during cell septation in escherichia coli

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 980-1005

  Drew, Donald A ^a   Koch, Gretchen A ^b   Vellante, Heather ^a   Talati, Ronak ^a   Sanchez, Oswaldo ^a  

^a Research Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^b GOUCHER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial cell division; Brownian ratchet; E. coli; FtsZ; Motive force

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; FTSZ PROTEIN, BACTERIA; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL DIVISION; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 64449085394     PISSN: 00928240     EISSN: 15229602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11538-008-9390-6     Document Type: Article

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