FtsZ-Dependent Elongation of a Coccoid Bacterium

FtsZ-Dependent Elongation of a Coccoid Bacterium

ABSTRACT A mechanistic understanding of the determination and maintenance of the simplest bacterial cell shape, a sphere, remains elusive compared with that of more complex shapes. Cocci seem to lack a dedicated elongation machinery, and a spherical shape has been considered an evolutionary dead-end...

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Main Authors: Ana R. Pereira, Jen Hsin, Ewa Król, Andreia C. Tavares, Pierre Flores, Egbert Hoiczyk, Natalie Ng, Alex Dajkovic, Yves V. Brun, Michael S. VanNieuwenhze, Terry Roemer, Rut Carballido-Lopez, Dirk-Jan Scheffers, Kerwyn Casey Huang, Mariana G. Pinho
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Language:EN
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2016
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Microbiology
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/f16c8280e23f43a6a894f35a18b85773
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