Grasping at origins.
basic_science · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.cell.2008.09.004.
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Abstract
Chromosome segregation in the bacterium Caulobacter crescentus involves propulsion of the replication origin and its capture at one pole of the cell. Bowman et al. (2008) and Ebersbach et al. (2008) now report the discovery of a protein called PopZ that mediates this chromosome capture.
Medical subject headings
- Bacterial Proteins
- Caulobacter crescentus
- Chromosomes, Bacterial
- Replication Origin