Physics of bacterial morphogenesis

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 543-565

  Sun, Sean X ^a   Jiang, Hongyuan ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN;

BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIUM; CELL DIVISION; CELL ENERGY; CELL GROWTH; CELL SHAPE; CELL WALL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOMECHANICS; CELL DIVISION; CELL WALL; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MORPHOGENESIS;

EID: 84455174351     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: 10985557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MMBR.00006-11     Document Type: Review

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