Cell-wall remodeling drives engulfment during Bacillus subtilis sporulation
When starved, the Gram-positive bacterium Bacillus subtilis forms durable spores for survival. Sporulation initiates with an asymmetric cell division, creating a large mother cell and a small forespore. Subsequently, the mother cell membrane engulfs the forespore in a phagocytosis-like process. Howe...
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Language: | English |
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eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
2016-11-01
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Online Access: | https://elifesciences.org/articles/18657 |