Dynamics of the bacterial intermediate filament crescentin in vitro and in vivo.

Crescentin, the recently discovered bacterial intermediate filament protein, organizes into an extended filamentous structure that spans the length of the bacterium Caulobacter crescentus and plays a critical role in defining its curvature. The mechanism by which crescentin mediates cell curvature a...

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Main Authors: Osigwe Esue, Laura Rupprecht, Sean X Sun, Denis Wirtz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2816638?pdf=render