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Chiral twisting in a bacterial cytoskeletal polymer affects filament size and orientation

In many rod-shaped bacteria, the actin homolog MreB directs cell-wall insertion and maintains cell shape, but it remains unclear how structural changes to MreB affect its organization in vivo. Here, we perform molecular dynamics simulations for Caulobacter crescentus MreB to extract mechanical param...

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Autores principales: Shi, Handuo, Quint, David A., Grason, Gregory M., Gopinathan, Ajay, Huang, Kerwyn Casey
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7075873/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32179732
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14752-9