Filament depolymerization can explain chromosome pulling during bacterial mitosis.
Chromosome segregation is fundamental to all cells, but the force-generating mechanisms underlying chromosome translocation in bacteria remain mysterious. Caulobacter crescentus utilizes a depolymerization-driven process in which a ParA protein structure elongates from the new cell pole, binds to a...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2011-09-01
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| Series: | PLoS Computational Biology |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3178632?pdf=render |