title: Bacterial shape: concave coiled coils curve caulobacter.
abstract: Bacterial cells exhibit a wide variety of shapes. Recent results indicate that the characteristic crescent shape of Caulobacter crescentus depends upon an inter-mediate filament-like protein that localizes to the concave side of the cell.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Medical School, 6431 Fannin, Houston, Texas 77030, USA. William.Margolin@uth.tmc.edu
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Margolin
mesh_terms: D016935:Caulobacter crescentus / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D015870:Gene Expression; D007382:Intermediate Filaments / Q000502:physiology*; D034882:Lamins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D034882:Lamins