Escherichia coli Peptidoglycan Structure and Mechanics as Predicted by Atomic-Scale Simulations

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Gumbart, James C ^a   Beeby, Morgan ^b   Jensen, Grant J ^c   Roux, Benoît ^d  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; BIOMECHANICS; CELL MEMBRANES; CROSSLINKING; CYTOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ATOMIC-SCALE SIMULATIONS; BACTERIAL CELLS; CELL WALLS; CHEMICAL SIGNALS; IMPORT AND EXPORTS; PEPTIDOGLYCANS; SEMI-RIGID; SIGNAL FACTORS; TURGOR PRESSURE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

PORE SIZE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

ANISOTROPIC ELASTICITY; ARTICLE; ATOMIC SCALE SIMULATION; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL CELL WALL PORE SIZE; ELASTICITY; MECHANICS; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIMULATION; THICKNESS; VALIDATION PROCESS; BIOLOGY; BIOPHYSICS; CELL WALL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; CELL WALL; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

EID: 84895757616     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003475     Document Type: Article

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