title: Bacterial shape: growing off this mortal coil.
abstract: Members of the actin-like MreB family of proteins localize as a helical filament in bacteria and are important for determining cylindrical cell shape. Recent results show that new cell wall biosynthesis occurs along a helical track dependent on one of these actin homologs, providing new insights into bacterial cell growth, division and shape.
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins / Q000378:metabolism; D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000166:cytology* / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000378:metabolism*; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011487:Protein Conformation; D014404:Tubulin / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D014404:Tubulin; C424044:mbl protein, Bacillus subtilis