Increasing complexity of the bacterial cytoskeleton

Jakob Møller-Jensen; Jan Löwe

doi:10.1016/j.ceb.2004.11.002

Increasing complexity of the bacterial cytoskeleton

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Møller-Jensen, Jakob ;
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Löwe, Jan
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DOI:

10.1016/j.ceb.2004.11.002

Abstract:

Bacteria contain cytoskeletal elements involved in major cellular processes including DNA segregation and cell morphogenesis and division. Distant bacterial homologues of tubulin (FtsZ) and actin (MreB and ParM) not only resemble their eukaryotic counterparts structurally but also show similar functional characteristics, assembling into filamentous structures in a nucleotide-dependent fashion. Recent advances in fluorescence microscopic imaging have revealed that FtsZ and MreB form highly dynamic helical structures that encircle the cells along the inside of the cell membrane. With the discovery of crescentin, a cell-shape-determining protein that resembles eukaryotic intermediate filament proteins, the third major cytoskeletal element has now been identified in bacteria as well. Udgivelsesdato: Feb 2005

Type:

Journal review article

Language:

English

Published in:

Current Opinion in Cell Biology, 2005, Vol 17, Issue 1, p. 75-81

Main Research Area:

Science/technology

Publication Status:

Published

Review type:

Undetermined

Submission year:

2005

Scientific Level:

Scientific

ID:

37210038

Increasing complexity of the bacterial cytoskeleton

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