The bacterial cytoplasm has glass-like properties and is fluidized by metabolic activity

Cell

Volumn 156, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 183-194

  Parry, Bradley R ^a   Surovtsev, Ivan V ^a   Cabeen, Matthew T ^a   O'Hern, Corey S ^b   Dufresne, Eric R ^b,c   Jacobs Wagner, Christine ^a,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Yale University   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRESCENTIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL CYTOPLASM; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL METABOLISM; CYTOPLASM; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CELL MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; CELL MOTION; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORMANCY; FLUIDIZATION; METABOLIC ACTIVATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PLASMIDS;

EID: 84892828598     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: 10974172     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2013.11.028     Document Type: Article

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