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Subcellular Organization: A Critical Feature of Bacterial Cell Replication.

Ivan V Surovtsev, Christine Jacobs-Wagner

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Review in Cell, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 104 papers.

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104citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

104 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. A lipid cue drives the subcellular localization of a self-inserting bacterial transmembrane protein.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  7. Role of staphylococcal EzrA as a molecular organizer of cell division.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  9. Light force-powered cellular medical micromachines.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Ivan V SurovtsevMicrobial Sciences Institute, Yale University, West Haven, CT 06516, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University, West Haven, CT 06516, USA.
Christine Jacobs-WagnerMicrobial Sciences Institute, Yale University, West Haven, CT 06516, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University, West Haven, CT 06516, USA; Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA; Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA. Electronic address: christine.jacobs-wagner@yale.edu.

Funding

Temporal and Spatial Control of the Cell Cycle in Caulobacter CrescentusR01GM065835 · NIGMS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI JACOBS-WAGNER, CHRISTINE · 2003 to 2016
$3.7M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM065835
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spatial organization is a hallmark of all living systems. Even bacteria, the smallest forms of cellular life, display defined shapes and complex internal organization, showcasing a highly structured genome, cytoskeletal filaments, localized scaffolding structures, dynamic spatial patterns, active transport, and occasionally, intracellular organelles. Spatial order is required for faithful and efficient cellular replication and offers a powerful means for the development of unique biological properties. Here, we discuss organizational features of bacterial cells and highlight how bacteria have evolved diverse spatial mechanisms to overcome challenges cells face as self-replicating entities.

Indexed as

Gene Expression Regulation, BacterialBacteriaBacterial ProteinsCell DivisionChromosomes, BacterialDNA, BacterialDNA ReplicationGenome, BacterialBacterial ProteinsDNA, Bacterial

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PMID29522747
PMCPMC5870143

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