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JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY
Volume 222, Issue 2, Pages 211-218Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5193(03)00029-8
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tip growth; filamentary micro-organisms; bio-elasticity; large deformation theory
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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.
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