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Rotate into shape: MreB and bacterial morphogenesis
Author(s) -
van Teeffelen Sven,
Gitai Zemer
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the embo journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.484
H-Index - 392
eISSN - 1460-2075
pISSN - 0261-4189
DOI - 10.1038/emboj.2011.430
Subject(s) - mreb , biology , morphogenesis , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics , gene , escherichia coli
Several recent papers uncover interactions between the bacterial actin homologue, MreB, and components of the cell‐wall synthesis machinery, revealing a tight interplay between cytoskeletal dynamics and cell‐wall deposition.