FtsZ-Dependent Elongation of a Coccoid Bacterium
A mechanistic understanding of the determination and maintenance of the simplest bacterial cell shape, a sphere, remains elusive compared with that of more complex shapes. Cocci seem to lack a dedicated elongation machinery, and a spherical shape has been considered an evolutionary dead-end morpholo...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2016-09-01
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| Series: | mBio |
| Online Access: | http://mbio.asm.org/cgi/content/full/7/5/e00908-16 |