Figure 6
From: Physical constraints on the establishment of intracellular spatial gradients in bacteria
Cell bending does not significantly affect the R ∼ P gradient even for small cellular radius of curvature. A) Schematic of a bent cell with radius of curvature R c with oppositely localized kinase and phosphatase. B) 3D mathematical modeling of the distribution of [R ∼ P] in a bent cell with radius of curvature R c  = 1 μm. C) [R ∼ P] line scan through the cell middle showing volume-weighted average density along cell length (along the dashed line in A) for different R c.