Skin and bones: the bacterial cytoskeleton, cell wall, and cell morphogenesis.
The bacterial world is full of varying cell shapes and sizes, and individual species perpetuate a defined morphology generation after generation. We review recent findings and ideas about how bacteria use the cytoskeleton and other strategies to regulate cell growth in time and space to produce different shapes and sizes.
Cabeen
Matthew T
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Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
Jacobs-Wagner
Christine
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D000818:Animals; D018407:Bacterial Physiological Phenomena; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D003585:Cell Biology; D048430:Cell Shape; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000502:physiology*; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000502:physiology*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D009024:Morphogenesis; D011312:Pressure; D012867:Skin / Q000382:microbiology*; D012879:Skin Physiological Phenomena
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; C071525:FtsZ protein, Bacteria