Cell shape determining protein MreB
Short name | MreB |
Overlapping homologous superfamilies |
Description
References
1.The actin-like MreB proteins in Bacillus subtilis: a new turn. Chastanet A, Carballido-Lopez R. Front Biosci (Schol Ed) 4, 1582-606, (2012). View articlePMID: 22652894
2.Prokaryotic origin of the actin cytoskeleton. van den Ent F, Amos LA, Lowe J. Nature 413, 39-44, (2001). View articlePMID: 11544518
3.Bacterial morphogenesis and the enigmatic MreB helix. Errington J. Nat. Rev. Microbiol. 13, 241-8, (2015). View articlePMID: 25578957
4.Control of cell morphogenesis in bacteria: two distinct ways to make a rod-shaped cell. Daniel RA, Errington J. Cell 113, 767-76, (2003). View articlePMID: 12809607
5.Bacterial ancestry of actin and tubulin. van den Ent F, Amos L, Lowe J. Curr. Opin. Microbiol. 4, 634-8, (2001). View articlePMID: 11731313
6.Partial functional redundancy of MreB isoforms, MreB, Mbl and MreBH, in cell morphogenesis of Bacillus subtilis. Kawai Y, Asai K, Errington J. Mol. Microbiol. 73, 719-31, (2009). View articlePMID: 19659933
7.The bacterial actin-like cytoskeleton. Carballido-Lopez R. Microbiol. Mol. Biol. Rev. 70, 888-909, (2006). View articlePMID: 17158703
Further reading
8. Bacterial DNA segregation by the actin-like MreB protein. Kruse T, Gerdes K. Trends Cell Biol. 15, 343-5, (2005). View articlePMID: 15922599
9. MreB and MurG as scaffolds for the cytoplasmic steps of peptidoglycan biosynthesis. Favini-Stabile S, Contreras-Martel C, Thielens N, Dessen A. Environ. Microbiol. 15, 3218-28, (2013). View articlePMID: 23826965
10. The cell shape proteins MreB and MreC control cell morphogenesis by positioning cell wall synthetic complexes. Divakaruni AV, Baida C, White CL, Gober JW. Mol. Microbiol. 66, 174-88, (2007). View articlePMID: 17880425
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