Mechanisms of bacterial morphogenesis: Evolutionary cell biology approaches provide new insights

BioEssays

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 413-425

  Jiang, Chao ^a,b   Caccamo, Paul D ^a   Brun, Yves V ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial shape; Co option; Evolutionary cell biology; Evolutionary developmental biology; Evolutionary thinking; Morphological transitions; Non model organisms

Indexed keywords

CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; TUBULIN;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CAMPYLOBACTER; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; CYTOKINESIS; CYTOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELICOBACTER; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PHYLOGENY; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CELL BIOLOGY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84925177616     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: 15211878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.201400098     Document Type: Article

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