Identification of Potential Regulatory Domains within the MreC and MreD Components of the Cell Elongation Machinery
- 8 April 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Bacteriology
- Vol. 203 (9)
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.00493-20
Abstract
Cell shape in bacteria is largely determined by the cell wall structure that surrounds them. The multiprotein machine called the Rod system (elongasome) has long been implicated in rod shape determination in bacilli.Keywords
Funding Information
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (AI083365)
- HHS | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (AI132120-02)
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute (none)
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