Regulation of cell polarity in bacteria

A propagating ATPase gradient drives transport of surface-confined cellular cargo

(2014) Anthony G. Vecchiarelli et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Bacterial scaffold directs pole-specific centromere segregation

(2014) J. L. Ptacin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Imaging DivIVA dynamics using photo-convertible and activatable fluorophores in Bacillus subtilis

(2014) Juri N. Bach   Frontiers in Microbiology

Protein targeting via mRNA in bacteria

(2013) Shanmugapriya Kannaiah et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH

Two Small GTPases Act in Concert with the Bactofilin Cytoskeleton to Regulate Dynamic Bacterial Cell Polarity

(2013) Iryna Bulyha et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

ParA-mediated plasmid partition driven by protein pattern self-organization

(2013) Ling Chin Hwang et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

De- and repolarization mechanism of flagellar morphogenesis during a bacterial cell cycle

(2013) N. J. Davis et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Outside-In Assembly Pathway of the Type IV Pilus System in Myxococcus xanthus

(2013) C. Friedrich et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Spatiotemporal control of PopZ localization through cell cycle–coupled multimerization

(2013) Géraldine Laloux et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

How do bacteria localize proteins to the cell pole?

(2013) G. Laloux et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Chromosome replication and segregation govern the biogenesis and inheritance of inorganic polyphosphate granules

(2013) Jonathan T. Henry et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Organization and segregation of bacterial chromosomes

(2013) Xindan Wang et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Dynamic gradients of an intermediate filament-like cytoskeleton are recruited by a polarity landmark during apical growth

(2013) K. Fuchino et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Cell-free study of F plasmid partition provides evidence for cargo transport by a diffusion-ratchet mechanism

(2013) A. G. Vecchiarelli et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

ParP prevents dissociation of CheA from chemotactic signaling arrays and tethers them to a polar anchor

(2013) S. Ringgaard et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Coiled-coil protein Scy is a key component of a multiprotein assembly controlling polarized growth in Streptomyces

(2013) N. A. Holmes et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Dynamic interplay of ParA with the polarity protein, Scy, coordinates the growth with chromosome segregation in Streptomyces coelicolor

(2013) B. Ditkowski et al.   Open Biology

Evolution of intracellular compartmentalization

(2012) Yoan Diekmann et al.   BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL

Polarity and cell fate asymmetry in Caulobacter crescentus

(2012) Christos G Tsokos et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

A multidomain hub anchors the chromosome segregation and chemotactic machinery to the bacterial pole

(2012) Y. Yamaichi et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Localized Dimerization and Nucleoid Binding Drive Gradient Formation by the Bacterial Cell Division Inhibitor MipZ

(2012) Daniela Kiekebusch et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

The scaffolding and signalling functions of a localization factor impact polar development

(2012) Patrick D. Curtis et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

PomZ, a ParA-like protein, regulates Z-ring formation and cell division inMyxococcus xanthus

(2012) Anke Treuner-Lange et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Surfing biological surfaces: exploiting the nucleoid for partition and transport in bacteria

(2012) Anthony G. Vecchiarelli et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

A synthetic Escherichia coli system identifies a conserved origin tethering factor in Actinobacteria

(2012) Catriona Donovan et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

ParA-like protein uses nonspecific chromosomal DNA binding to partition protein complexes

(2012) M. A. J. Roberts et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The ParA/MinD family puts things in their place

(2012) Joe Lutkenhaus   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

A Dynamic Response Regulator Protein Modulates G-Protein–Dependent Polarity in the Bacterium Myxococcus xanthus

(2012) Yong Zhang et al.   PLoS Genetics

A Response Regulator Interfaces between the Frz Chemosensory System and the MglA/MglB GTPase/GAP Module to Regulate Polarity in Myxococcus xanthus

(2012) Daniela Keilberg et al.   PLoS Genetics

Structural analysis of the Ras-like G protein MglA and its cognate GAP MglB and implications for bacterial polarity

(2011) Mandy Miertzschke et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

A family of ParA-like ATPases promotes cell pole maturation by facilitating polar localization of chemotaxis proteins

(2011) S. Ringgaard et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

BacM, an N-terminally processed bactofilin of Myxococcus xanthus, is crucial for proper cell shape

(2011) Matthias K. Koch et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Temporal and spatial oscillations in bacteria

(2011) Peter Lenz et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Cellular Architecture Mediates DivIVA Ultrastructure and Regulates Min Activity in Bacillus subtilis

(2011) P. Eswaramoorthy et al.   mBio

Pushing and Pulling in Prokaryotic DNA Segregation

(2010) Kenn Gerdes et al.   CELL

Cell polarity and the control of apical growth in Streptomyces

(2010) Klas Flärdh   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Regulation of dynamic polarity switching in bacteria by a Ras-like G-protein and its cognate GAP

(2010) Simone Leonardy et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Cell cycle coordination and regulation of bacterial chromosome segregation dynamics by polarly localized proteins

(2010) Whitman B Schofield et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Features critical for membrane binding revealed by DivIVA crystal structure

(2010) Maria A Oliva et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

A novel coiled-coil repeat variant in a class of bacterial cytoskeletal proteins

(2010) John Walshaw et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

CaulobacterPopZ forms a polar subdomain dictating sequential changes in pole composition and function

(2010) Grant R. Bowman et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Macromolecules that prefer their membranes curvy

(2010) Kerwyn Casey Huang et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Examination of the interaction between FtsZ and MinCNinE. colisuggests how MinC disrupts Z rings

(2010) Bang Shen et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

A spindle-like apparatus guides bacterial chromosome segregation

(2010) Jerod L. Ptacin et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Asymmetrical Distribution of the Second Messenger c-di-GMP upon Bacterial Cell Division

(2010) M. Christen et al.   SCIENCE

Protein Subcellular Localization in Bacteria

(2010) D. Z. Rudner et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

A Bacterial Ras-Like Small GTP-Binding Protein and Its Cognate GAP Establish a Dynamic Spatial Polarity Axis to Control Directed Motility

(2010) Yong Zhang et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Cardiolipin membrane domains in prokaryotes and eukaryotes

(2009) Eugenia Mileykovskaya et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

Bactofilins, a ubiquitous class of cytoskeletal proteins mediating polar localization of a cell wall synthase in Caulobacter crescentus

(2009) Juliane Kühn et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Localisation of DivIVA by targeting to negatively curved membranes

(2009) Rok Lenarcic et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Domains involved in thein vivofunction and oligomerization of apical growth determinant DivIVA inStreptomyces coelicolor

(2009) Sheng-Bing Wang et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Protein Localization in Escherichia coli Cells: Comparison of the Cytoplasmic Membrane Proteins ProP, LacY, ProW, AqpZ, MscS, and MscL

(2009) T. Romantsov et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Regulation of the type IV pili molecular machine by dynamic localization of two motor proteins

(2009) Iryna Bulyha et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Negative membrane curvature as a cue for subcellular localization of a bacterial protein

(2009) K. S. Ramamurthi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Geometric Cue for Protein Localization in a Bacterium

(2009) K. S. Ramamurthi et al.   SCIENCE

Why and How Bacteria Localize Proteins

(2009) L. Shapiro et al.   SCIENCE

Lipid Localization in Bacterial Cells through Curvature-Mediated Microphase Separation

(2008) Ranjan Mukhopadhyay et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

A Polymeric Protein Anchors the Chromosomal Origin/ParB Complex at a Bacterial Cell Pole

(2008) Grant R. Bowman et al.   CELL

A Self-Associating Protein Critical for Chromosome Attachment, Division, and Polar Organization in Caulobacter

(2008) Gitte Ebersbach et al.   CELL

MinC Spatially Controls Bacterial Cytokinesis by Antagonizing the Scaffolding Function of FtsZ

(2008) Alex Dajkovic et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The dynamic interplay between a cell fate determinant and a lysozyme homolog drives the asymmetric division cycle of Caulobacter crescentus

(2008) S. K. Radhakrishnan et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Bacillus subtilis MinC destabilizes FtsZ-rings at new cell poles and contributes to the timing of cell division

(2008) J. A. Gregory et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

A novel component of the division-site selection system ofBacillus subtilisand a new mode of action for the division inhibitor MinCD

(2008) Marc Bramkamp et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

MinJ (YvjD) is a topological determinant of cell division inBacillus subtilis

(2008) Joyce E. Patrick et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY