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Alain Goriely1, Michael Tabor.
Abstract
The tip growth of filamentary actinomycetes is investigated within the framework of large deformation membrane theory in which the cell wall is represented as a growing elastic membrane with geometry-dependent elastic properties. The model exhibits realistic hyphal shapes and indicates a self-similar tip growth mechanism consistent with that observed in experiments. It also demonstrates a simple mechanism for hyphal swelling and beading that is observed in the presence of a lysing agent.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 12727456 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5193(03)00029-8
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Theor Biol ISSN: 0022-5193 Impact factor: 2.691