Chromosome segregation: pushing plasmids apart.
作者信息
Stephens Craig
机构信息
Biology Department, Santa Clara University, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95053, USA.
出版信息
Curr Biol. 2002 Oct 29;12(21):R728-30. doi: 10.1016/s0960-9822(02)01248-4.
Abstract
The ParM ATPase from Escherichia coli plasmid R1 assembles into F-actin-like filaments which appear to push replicated copies of the plasmid to opposite ends of the cell, ensuring partitioning into daughter cells. Might bacterial chromosomes use a similar mitotic strategy for segregation?
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