title: Aerial morphogenesis: enter the chaplins.
abstract: Filamentous bacteria produce aerial structures to allow spores to be dispersed. A new class of secreted, surface-active proteins called chaplins has been identified in Streptomyces coelicolor. Chaplins form unusual amyloid-like fibrils and act cooperatively to bring about aerial development.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000378:metabolism; D057927:Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions; D015394:Molecular Structure; D013302:Streptomyces / Q000166:cytology / Q000254:growth & development*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins