Biomechanical models of hyphal growth in actinomycetes

被引：52

作者：

Goriely, A

Tabor, M

机构：

[1] Univ Arizona, Program Appl Math, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA

[2] Univ Arizona, Dept Math, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY | 2003年 / 222卷 / 02期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

tip growth; filamentary micro-organisms; bio-elasticity; large deformation theory;

D O I：

10.1016/S0022-5193(03)00029-8

中图分类号：

Q [生物科学];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

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. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：211 / 218

页数：8

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