Mechanistic basis of branch-site selection in filamentous bacteria

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Richards, David M ^a   Hempel, Antje M ^a,b   Flärdh, Klas ^b   Buttner, Mark J ^a   Howard, Martin ^a  

^a NORWICH RESEARCH PARK   (United Kingdom)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA;

BRANCH DEVELOPMENT; CRITICAL DETERMINANT; FILAMENTOUS BACTERIA; FILAMENTOUS ORGANISMS; FOCUS SPLITTING; GROWTH MODES; HYPHAL GROWTH; HYPHAL TIP; MECHANISTICS; NEW BRANCHES;

SITE SELECTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DIVIVA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH REGULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS MODEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STREPTOMYCES;

FUNGI; STREPTOMYCES;

EID: 84861144319     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002423     Document Type: Article

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