title: Cell walls, cell shape, and bacterial actin homologs.
abstract: The synthesis of the peptidoglycan layer, one of the key determinants of cell shape in B. subtilis, has been shown by Daniel and Errington to occur in a helical pattern. This pattern is generated by the actin homolog Mbl.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA.
authors.forename: Edward H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Egelman
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins / Q000378:metabolism*; D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D010457:Peptidoglycan / Q000096:biosynthesis
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D010457:Peptidoglycan