Bistable Forespore Engulfment in Bacillus subtilis by a Zipper Mechanism in Absence of the Cell Wall

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Ojkic, Nikola ^a   López Garrido, Javier ^b   Pogliano, Kit ^b   Endres, Robert G ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; BACTERIOLOGY; CELL PROLIFERATION; DECISION MAKING; PROTEINS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

ASYMMETRIC-CELLS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BISTABLES; CELL DIVISIONS; CELL WALL DEGRADATION; CELL WALL SYNTHESIS; CELL WALLS; ENGULFMENT; LIGAND-RECEPTOR BINDING; PROCESS-BASED;

OSMOSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZIPPER PROTEIN SPOIIIAH; ZIPPER PROTEIN SPOIIQ;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BISTABLE FORESPORE ENGULFMENT; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL ENERGY; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CELL METABOLISM; CELL PHAGOCYTOSIS; CELL STRUCTURE; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LANGEVIN SIMULATION; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; RECEPTOR BINDING; SIMULATION; SPOROGENESIS; SURFACE TENSION; TIME-LAPSE VIDEO MICROSCOPY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; BIOPHYSICS; CELL SHAPE; CELL WALL; CYTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; CELL SHAPE; CELL WALL; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84908318228     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003912     Document Type: Article

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