Microorganisms maintain crowding homeostasis

Nature Reviews Microbiology 15, 309 (2017).
doi:10.1038/nrmicro.2017.17

Authors: Jonas van den Berg, Arnold J. Boersma & Bert Poolman
Macromolecular crowding affects the mobility of biomolecules, protein folding and stability, and the association of macromolecules with each other. Local differences in crowding that arise as a result of subcellular components and supramolecular assemblies contribute to the structural organization of the cytoplasm. In this Opinion

Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology - March 27, 2017 Category: Microbiology Authors: Jonas van den Berg Arnold J. Boersma Bert Poolman Tags: Perspectives Source Type: research