Biophysical dynamics in disorderly environments

Annual Review of Biophysics

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 371-402

  Nelson, David R ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell wall remodeling; Dislocations; Population waves; Range expansions; Unzipping DNA

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; CELL DIVISION; CHIRALITY; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOME; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BACTERIA; BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICS; CELL WALL; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA; ENVIRONMENT; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84861392597     PISSN: 1936122X     EISSN: 19361238     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-biophys-042910-155236     Document Type: Review

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