Biophysics: Self-centered

Tuesday, September 4, 2018 - 08:27 in Biology & Nature

Rod-shaped bacterial cells normally divide by constriction midway along their long axis. Physicists have developed a theoretical model to explain how Myxococcus xanthus localizes the plane of division to mid-cell.

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