Motion of variable-length MreB filaments at the bacterial cell membrane influences cell morphology

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 24, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 2340-2349

  Reimold, Christian ^a   Soufo, Herve Joel Defeu ^a   Dempwolff, Felix ^b   Graumann, Peter L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b Offensive for the Development of Scientific and Economic Excellence of the State of Hesse LOEWE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MREB PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LIGHT STRESS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE;

EID: 84881036933     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: 19394586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E12-10-0728     Document Type: Article

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