Prokaryotic Cytoskeletons Filamentous Protein Polymers Active in the Cytoplasm of Bacterial and Archaeal Cells /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Löwe, Jan (Editor), Amos, Linda A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Subcellular Biochemistry, 84
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Cytogenetics.; Proteins.; Bacteriology.; Life Sciences.; Protein Science.

This book describes the structures and functions of active protein filaments, found in bacteria and archaea, and now known to perform crucial roles in cell division and intra-cellular motility, as well as being essential for controlling cell shape and growth. These roles are possible because the cyt...