ReviewMicrobiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR2011
Physics of bacterial morphogenesis.
Review in Microbiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 28 papers.
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28 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Biomolecules involved in the metabolism of Escherichia coli affected by photodynamics: A calorimetry study.PloS one · 2026Article
- Compression of a pressurized spherical shell by a spherical or flat probe.The European physical journal. E, Soft matter · 2022Article
- The importance of water and hydraulic pressure in cell dynamics.Journal of cell science · 2020Review
- Overlapping and essential roles for molecular and mechanical mechanisms in mycobacterial cell division.Nature physics · 2020Article
- Molecular association of FtsZ with the intrabacterial nanotransportation system for urease in Helicobacter pylori.Medical molecular morphology · 2019Article
- Modeling mechanical interactions in growing populations of rod-shaped bacteria.Physical biology · 2017Article
- Protecting from Envelope Stress: Variations on the Phage-Shock-Protein Theme.Trends in microbiology · 2017Review
- Beyond force generation: Why is a dynamic ring of FtsZ polymers essential for bacterial cytokinesis?BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology · 2017Review
- Influence of FtsZ GTPase activity and concentration on nanoscale Z-ring structure in vivo revealed by three-dimensional Superresolution imaging.Biopolymers · 2016Article
- In Vivo study of naturally deformed Escherichia coli bacteria.Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes · 2016Article
- Defining the rate-limiting processes of bacterial cytokinesis.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2016Article
- The twisted tauopathies: surface interactions of helically patterned filaments seen in alzheimer's disease and elsewhere.Soft matter · 2016Article
- Bacterial growth and form under mechanical compression.Scientific reports · 2015Article
- Intergenerational continuity of cell shape dynamics in Caulobacter crescentus.Scientific reports · 2015Article
- An intrinsically disordered linker plays a critical role in bacterial cell division.Seminars in cell & developmental biology · 2015Review
- Systematic perturbation of cytoskeletal function reveals a linear scaling relationship between cell geometry and fitness.Cell reports · 2014Article
- Divided we stand: splitting synthetic cells for their proliferation.Systems and synthetic biology · 2014Review
- Getting into shape: How do rod-like bacteria control their geometry?Systems and synthetic biology · 2014Review
- How and why cells grow as rods.BMC biology · 2014Review
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Bacterial cells utilize three-dimensional (3D) protein assemblies to perform important cellular functions such as growth, division, chemoreception, and motility. These assemblies are composed of mechanoproteins that can mechanically deform and exert force. Sometimes, small-nucleotide hydrolysis is coupled to mechanical deformations. In this review, we describe the general principle for an understanding of the coupling of mechanics with chemistry in mechanochemical systems. We apply this principle to understand bacterial cell shape and morphogenesis and how mechanical forces can influence peptidoglycan cell wall growth. We review a model that can potentially reconcile the growth dynamics of the cell wall with the role of cytoskeletal proteins such as MreB and crescentin. We also review the application of mechanochemical principles to understand the assembly and constriction of the FtsZ ring. A number of potential mechanisms are proposed, and important questions are discussed.
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