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Cell Shape Determination

Cell Shape Determination is a biological process that belongs to the category of microbial morphogenetic mechanisms, specifically defined as the orchestrated regulation of cellular architecture through the spatial and temporal control of cell wall synthesis, cytoskeletal dynamics, and turgor pressure to establish and maintain a bacterium's characteristic three-dimensional form.

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Role of cell shape in growth control

Judah Folkman, Anne Moscona · Nature · 1978 · 2.4K citations

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Engineering Cell Shape and Function

Rahul Singhvi, Amit Kumar, Gabriel P. López et al. · Science · 1994 · 1.4K citations

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Mechanism of shape determination in motile cells

Kinneret Keren, Zachary Pincus, Greg M. Allen et al. · Nature · 2008 · 752 citations · Full text

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Three‐dimensional counting: An accurate and direct method to estimate numbers of cells in sectioned material

Robert W. Williams, Pasko Rakić · The Journal of Comparative Neurology · 1988 · 436 citations

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MreB, the cell shape‐determining bacterial actin homologue, co‐ordinates cell wall morphogenesis in <i>Caulobacter crescentus</i>

Rainer M. Figge, Arun V. Divakaruni, James W. Gober · Molecular Microbiology · 2004 · 429 citations · Full text

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    Zemer Gitai

    Princeton University, United States

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    Kerwyn Casey Huang

    Stanford University, United States

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    Peter L. Graumann

    Philipps University of Marburg, Germany

    5 publications · 352 citations

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    Russell D. Monds

    Stanford University, United States

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    Waldemar Vollmer

    Newcastle University, United Kingdom

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  1. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

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    Cambridge, United States

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  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

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  4. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

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    New York, United States

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    Chevy Chase, United States

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    Berkeley, United States

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    Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

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  1. Journal of Bacteriology

    JB · 24 publications · 2K citations

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  2. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 20 publications · 2.2K citations

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  3. Development

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  4. Molecular Microbiology

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    JCB · 12 publications · 1.6K citations

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