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Physical mechanisms of ESCRT-III-driven cell division in archaea
L. Harker-Kirschneck, A. E. Hafner, T. Yao…·A. Saric
The paper develops a physical model to explain how ESCRT-III filaments drive cell division in archaea, showing that active geometry changes and disassembly are sufficient for efficient splitting.
DOI 10.1101/2021.03.23.436559