Modeling FtsZ ring formation in the bacterial cell - Anisotropic aggregation via mutual interactions of polymer rods

Physical Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Fischer Friedrich, Elisabeth ^a   Gov, Nir ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; FTSZ PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METABOLISM; POLYMERIZATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; THERMODYNAMICS;

ALGORITHMS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENT DYES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLYMERIZATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 79954518447     PISSN: 14783967     EISSN: 14783975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1478-3975/8/2/026007     Document Type: Article

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