dc.contributor.author | Allard, J. F. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Rutenberg, A. D. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-06-19T17:25:28Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-06-19T17:25:28Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2009-04 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Allard, J. F., and A. D. Rutenberg. 2009. "Pulling helices inside bacteria: imperfect helices and rings." Physical Review Letters 102(15): 158105. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0031-9007 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/24834 | |
dc.description.abstract | We study steady-state configurations of intrinsically-straight elastic filaments constrained within rod-shaped bacteria that have applied forces distributed along their length. Perfect steady-state helices result from axial or azimuthal forces applied at filament ends, however azimuthal forces are required for the small pitches observed for MreB filaments within bacteria. Helix-like configurations can result from distributed forces, including coexistence between rings and imperfect helices. Levels of expression and/or bundling of the polymeric protein could mediate this coexistence. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | Check Language Code | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartof | Physical Review Letters | en_US |
dc.subject | Bacteria/chemistry | en_US |
dc.subject | Cytoskeleton/chemistry | en_US |
dc.subject | Molecular Conformation | en_US |
dc.title | Pulling helices inside bacteria: imperfect helices and rings | en_US |
dc.type | article | en_US |
dc.identifier.volume | 102 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issue | 15 | en_US |
dc.identifier.startpage | 158105 | en_US |