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Molecular Components of the Bacterial Cytoskeleton

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It is only relatively recently that a prokaryotic cytoskeleton akin to that in eukaryotes has been identified, revealing a much higher order of cellular complexity than was previously thought. The proteins that form these bacterial cytoskeletal elements not only carry out similar roles to their eukaryotic counterparts, but they also have related protein folds, suggesting an ancient evolutionary relationship and the conservation of fundamental mechanisms. This chapter will introduce to the reader what is known at the molecular level regarding the proteins that comprise eubacterial and, in some cases, archaeal cytoskeletal elements.

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Michie, K.A. (2008). Molecular Components of the Bacterial Cytoskeleton. In: El-Sharoud, W. (eds) Bacterial Physiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74921-9_2

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