PMID:15661522

Citation	Møller-Jensen, J and Löwe, J (2005) Increasing complexity of the bacterial cytoskeleton. Curr. Opin. Cell Biol. 17:75-81
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.
Links	PubMed Online version:10.1016/j.ceb.2004.11.002
Keywords	Actins/chemistry; Bacillus subtilis/metabolism; Bacterial Physiological Phenomena; Cytoskeleton/metabolism; Cytoskeleton/ultrastructure; DNA/metabolism; Escherichia coli/metabolism; Escherichia coli Proteins/chemistry; Green Fluorescent Proteins/metabolism; Guanosine Diphosphate/metabolism; Microscopy, Electron; Microscopy, Fluorescence
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