On growth and form : a bacterial perspective
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Life as we know it not only requires complexity, it also necessitates organization. Without organization, the concepts of growth and form are meaningless: in order to survive and reproduce efficiently, living organisms had to evolve to overcome the physical tendency of matter to equilibrate in a disordered state. This thesis explores the interconnection between morphology and cell growth in bacteria, highlighting the importance of organization in bacterial biology. Specifically, this work describes the physical and biochemical mechanisms that specify cellular morphology in Escherichia coli and how morphology impacts development and cellular processes.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
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| Form | electronic; electronic resource; remote |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Publication date | 2014 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Tropini, Carolina |
|---|---|
| Associated with | Stanford University, Biophysics Program. |
| Primary advisor | Huang, Kerwyn Casey, 1979- |
| Thesis advisor | Huang, Kerwyn Casey, 1979- |
| Thesis advisor | Fisher, Daniel |
| Thesis advisor | Quake, Stephen Ronald |
| Thesis advisor | Theriot, Julie |
| Advisor | Fisher, Daniel |
| Advisor | Quake, Stephen Ronald |
| Advisor | Theriot, Julie |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Carolina Tropini. |
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| Note | Submitted to the Program in Biophysics. |
| Thesis | Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2014. |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2014 by Carolina Tropini
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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