The molecular origins of chiral growth in walled cells

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 707-714

  Huang, Kerwyn Casey ^a,b   Ehrhardt, David W ^c   Shaevitz, Joshua W ^d  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMER;

BACTERIAL CELL WALL; CELL BODY; CELL GROWTH; CELL INTERACTION; CELL SHAPE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEOMETRY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; REVIEW;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CELL DIVISION; CELL SHAPE; CELL WALL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT CELLS;

EID: 84872263287     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: 18790364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2012.11.002     Document Type: Review

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