ReviewCurrent biology : CB2015
Bacterial actin and tubulin homologs in cell growth and division.
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36 citing papers in PubMed, 59 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Evolution of longitudinal division in multicellular bacteria of the Neisseriaceae family.Nature communications · 2022Article
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- How Does the Spatial Confinement of FtsZ to a Membrane Surface Affect Its Polymerization Properties and Function?Frontiers in microbiology · 2022Review
- Micron-scale geometrical features of microtubules as regulators of microtubule organization.eLife · 2021Review
- Functional Characterization of the Cell Division Gene Cluster of the Wall-less BacteriumFrontiers in microbiology · 2021Article
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- Nitric oxide disrupts bacterial cytokinesis by poisoning purine metabolism.Science advances · 2020Article
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- ¡vIVA la DivIVA!Journal of bacteriology · 2019Review
- The Cell Wall ofMicrobiology spectrum · 2019Review
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- The ftsA gene as a molecular marker for phylogenetic studies in Bradyrhizobium and identification of Bradyrhizobium japonicum.Journal of applied genetics · 2019Article
- Deciphering the Role of a SLOG Superfamily Protein YpsA in Gram-Positive Bacteria.Frontiers in microbiology · 2019Article
- Perspective: challenges and opportunities for the study of cardiolipin, a key player in bacterial cell structure and function.Current genetics · 2018Review
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Abstract
In contrast to the elaborate cytoskeletal machines harbored by eukaryotic cells, such as mitotic spindles, cytoskeletal structures detectable by typical negative stain electron microscopy are generally absent from bacterial cells. As a result, for decades it was thought that bacteria lacked cytoskeletal machines. Revolutions in genomics and fluorescence microscopy have confirmed the existence not only of smaller-scale cytoskeletal structures in bacteria, but also of widespread functional homologs of eukaryotic cytoskeletal proteins. The presence of actin, tubulin, and intermediate filament homologs in these relatively simple cells suggests that primitive cytoskeletons first arose in bacteria. In bacteria such as Escherichia coli, homologs of tubulin and actin directly interact with each other and are crucial for coordinating cell growth and division. The function and direct interactions between these proteins will be the focus of this review.
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