ReviewCurrent opinion in microbiology2012
The molecular origins of chiral growth in walled cells.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.
- The importance of spatial structure in biology.European journal for philosophy of science · 2026Article
- The epidermis coordinates multi-scale symmetry breaking in chiral root growth.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Emergence ofProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2018Article
- Rapid, precise quantification of bacterial cellular dimensions across a genomic-scale knockout library.BMC biology · 2017Article
- Critical waves and the length problem of biology.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2015Article
- Structural constraints and dynamics of bacterial cell wall architecture.Frontiers in microbiology · 2015Review
- Active torque generation by the actomyosin cell cortex drives left-right symmetry breaking.eLife · 2014Article
- The microtubule plus-end tracking proteins SPR1 and EB1b interact to maintain polar cell elongation and directional organ growth in Arabidopsis.The Plant cell · 2014Article
- De novo morphogenesis in L-forms via geometric control of cell growth.Molecular microbiology · 2014Article
- Escherichia coli peptidoglycan structure and mechanics as predicted by atomic-scale simulations.PLoS computational biology · 2014Article
- Patterning and lifetime of plasma membrane-localized cellulose synthase is dependent on actin organization in Arabidopsis interphase cells.Plant physiology · 2013Article
- Biological consequences and advantages of asymmetric bacterial growth.Annual review of microbiology · 2013Review
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Abstract
Cells from all kingdoms of life adopt a dizzying array of fascinating shapes that support cellular function. Amoeboid and spherical shapes represent perhaps the simplest of geometries that may minimize the level of growth control required for survival. Slightly more complex are rod-shaped cells, from microscopic bacteria to macroscopic plants, which require additional mechanisms to define a cell's longitudinal axis, width, and length. Recent evidence suggests that many rod-shaped, walled cells achieve elongated growth through chiral insertion of cell-wall material that may be coupled to a twisting of the cell body. Inspired by these observations, biophysical mechanisms for twisting growth have been proposed that link the mechanics of intracellular proteins to cell shape maintenance. In this review, we highlight experimental and theoretical work that connects molecular-scale organization and structure with the cellular-scale phenomena of rod-shaped growth.
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