Dynamic instability-driven centering/segregating mechanism in bacteria

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

Volumn 108, Issue 27, 2011, Pages 11075-11080

  Purdy Drew, Kirstin R ^a,c   Pogliano, Joe ^b  

^a KECK GRADUATE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial actin polymerization; Cytoskeleton; Mathematical modeling

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; DNA; PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM; IN VIVO STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE;

ACTINS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL WALL; CYTOSKELETON; DNA, BACTERIAL; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN STABILITY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79960569798     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1018724108     Document Type: Article

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