Bacterial cell shape Export

@article{M.T.Cabeen.2005, abstract = {Bacterial species have long been classified on the basis of their characteristic cell shapes. Despite intensive research, the molecular mechanisms underlying the generation and maintenance of bacterial cell shape remain largely unresolved. The field has recently taken an important step forward with the discovery that eukaryotic cytoskeletal proteins have homologues in bacteria that affect cell shape. Here, we discuss how a bacterium gains and maintains its shape, the challenges still confronting us and emerging strategies for answering difficult questions in this rapidly evolving field.}, author = {Cabeen, Matthew T. and Jacobs-Wagner, Christine}, citeulike-article-id = {5831403}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro1205}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro1205}, day = {11}, doi = {10.1038/nrmicro1205}, issn = {1740-1526}, journal = {Nature Reviews Microbiology}, keywords = {bacillus\_subtilis, bacteria, cell\_division, cell\_growth, cell\_shape, cellular\_morphology, cytoskeletal\_proteins, peptidoglycan, staphylococcus\_aureus}, month = {July}, number = {8}, pages = {601--610}, posted-at = {2009-11-06 16:45:40}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Nature Publishing Group}, title = {Bacterial cell shape}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro1205}, volume = {3}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - M.T.Cabeen.2005 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5831403 N2 - Bacterial species have long been classified on the basis of their characteristic cell shapes. Despite intensive research, the molecular mechanisms underlying the generation and maintenance of bacterial cell shape remain largely unresolved. The field has recently taken an important step forward with the discovery that eukaryotic cytoskeletal proteins have homologues in bacteria that affect cell shape. Here, we discuss how a bacterium gains and maintains its shape, the challenges still confronting us and emerging strategies for answering difficult questions in this rapidly evolving field. IS - 8 JF - Nature Reviews Microbiology SN - 1740-1526 EP - 610 TI - Bacterial cell shape PB - Nature Publishing Group VL - 3 SP - 601 KW - bacillus_subtilis KW - bacteria KW - cell_division KW - cell_growth KW - cell_shape KW - cellular_morphology KW - cytoskeletal_proteins KW - peptidoglycan KW - staphylococcus_aureus AU - Cabeen, Matthew AU - Jacobs-Wagner, Christine PY - 2005/07/11/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro1205 ER -