Cell shape

Parent categories	1. Cellular processes 1.1. Cell wall and cell division
Neighbouring categories	1.1.1. Cell wall synthesis 1.1.2. Cell shape 1.1.3. Cell wall degradation/ turnover 1.1.4. Capsule biosynthesis and degradation 1.1.5. Cell wall/ other 1.1.6. Membrane dynamics 1.1.7. Cell division
Related categories	penicillin-binding proteins
Overview on the categories (Excel file) All genes and their categories (Excel file)

Genes in this functional category

• mbl
• mreB
• mreBH
• mreC
• mreD
• rodA
• rodZ
• yvcK

Important Original Publications

Ethan C Garner, Remi Bernard, Wenqin Wang, Xiaowei Zhuang, David Z Rudner, Tim Mitchison
Coupled, circumferential motions of the cell wall synthesis machinery and MreB filaments in B. subtilis.
Science: 2011, 333(6039);222-5
[PubMed:21636745] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Julia Domínguez-Escobar, Arnaud Chastanet, Alvaro H Crevenna, Vincent Fromion, Roland Wedlich-Söldner, Rut Carballido-López
Processive movement of MreB-associated cell wall biosynthetic complexes in bacteria.
Science: 2011, 333(6039);225-8
[PubMed:21636744] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Important Reviews

Additional reviews: PubMed

Rut Carballido-López, Alex Formstone
Shape determination in Bacillus subtilis.
Curr Opin Microbiol: 2007, 10(6);611-6
[PubMed:17981078] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

George C Stewart
Taking shape: control of bacterial cell wall biosynthesis.
Mol Microbiol: 2005, 57(5);1177-81
[PubMed:16101993] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Jakob Møller-Jensen, Jan Löwe
Increasing complexity of the bacterial cytoskeleton.
Curr Opin Cell Biol: 2005, 17(1);75-81
[PubMed:15661522] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Kevin D Young
Bacterial shape.
Mol Microbiol: 2003, 49(3);571-80
[PubMed:12914007] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Lucy Shapiro, Harley H McAdams, Richard Losick
Generating and exploiting polarity in bacteria.
Science: 2002, 298(5600);1942-6
[PubMed:12471245] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)