The mechanics of shape in prokaryotes

Frontiers in Bioscience - Scholar

Volumn 5 S, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 564-574

  Wang, Siyuan ^a   Shaevitz, Joshua W ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Cell mechanics; Cell shape; Cell wall; Cytoskeleton; Review

Indexed keywords

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDASE; AMIC PROTEIN; CRES PROTEIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; FRUCTOSE 6 PHOSPHATE; FTSEX PROTEIN; FTSK PROTEIN; FTSLB PROTEIN; FTSN PROTEIN; FTSQ PROTEIN; FTSW PROTEIN; FTSZ PROTEIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; MREB PROTEIN; MURAMIC ACID; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; N ACETYLMURAMIC ACID; PBP3 PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PHOSPHOLIPID; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZAPA PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CELL DIVISION; CELL GROWTH; CELL SHAPE; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; DNA REPLICATION; ELASTICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHOLIPID MEMBRANE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SPHEROPLAST FORMATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84884318703     PISSN: 19450516     EISSN: 19450524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/s390     Document Type: Article

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