Margolin William
Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Medical School, 6431 Fannin, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
Curr Biol. 2004 Mar 23;14(6):R242-4. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2004.02.057.
Bacterial cells exhibit a wide variety of shapes. Recent results indicate that the characteristic crescent shape of Caulobacter crescentus depends upon an inter-mediate filament-like protein that localizes to the concave side of the cell.
细菌细胞呈现出各种各样的形状。最近的研究结果表明,新月柄杆菌特有的新月形取决于一种定位于细胞凹面的中间丝样蛋白。