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Simple modeling of FtsZ polymers on flat and curved surfaces: correlation with experimental in vitro observations

Alfonso Paez1, Pablo Mateos-Gil2, Ines Hörger1, Jesús Mingorance3, Germán Rivas4, Miguel Vicente5, Marisela Vélez67* and Pedro Tarazona1

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1 Departamento de Física Teórica de la Materia Condensada, C-V-6a Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid E-28049, Spain

2 Instituto Nicolás Cabrera de Ciencia de Materiales, C-XVI-4a, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid E-28049, Spain

3 Unidad de Investigación y Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Paseo de La Castellana, 261, Madrid, E-28046, Spain

4 Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, E-28040 Madrid, Spain

5 Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, CSIC, Campus de Cantoblanco, C/Darwin n 3, Madrid E-28049, Spain

6 Instituto de Catálisis y Petroleoquímica, CSIC C/Marie Curie, 2, Cantoblanco, Madrid, E-28049, Spain

7 Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia (IMDEA-Nanociencia) Facultad de Ciencias, C-IX-3a Cantoblanco, Madrid, E-28049, Spain


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PMC Biophysics 2009, 2:8 doi:10.1186/1757-5036-2-8

Published: 22 October 2009

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