Actin-like cytoskeleton filaments contribute to cell mechanics in bacteria

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 9182-9185

  Wang, Siyuan ^a   Arellano Santoyo, Hugo ^a   Combs, Peter A ^a   Shaevitz, Joshua W ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; MreB; Optical trapping

Indexed keywords

MREB PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; CELL GROWTH; CELL SHAPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DEPOLYMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOMECHANICS; CELL WALL; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETON; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OPTICAL TWEEZERS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 77952727936     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0911517107     Document Type: Article

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