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How to Build a Bacterial Cell: MreB as the Foreman of E. coli Construction.

Cell - 8 Mar 2018

Shi Handuo, Bratton Benjamin P, Gitai Zemer, Huang Kerwyn Casey

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Cell shape matters across the kingdoms of life, and cells have the remarkable capacity to define and maintain specific shapes and sizes. But how are the shapes of micron-sized cells determined from the coordinated activities of nanometer-sized proteins? Here, we review general principles that have surfaced through the study of rod-shaped bacterial growth. Imaging approaches have revealed that polymers of the...

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PMID: 29522748
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2018.02.050
PMCID: PMC5846203

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