A green light for the bacterial cytoskeleton.
Improved fluorescence techniques for visualizing proteins in whole bacterial cells have resulted in recent breakthroughs in our understanding of chromosome segregation and cytokinesis in prokaryotes. The dynamics and localization of some of these proteins reveal surprisingly cytoskeletal-like behavior.
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Dept of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Medical School, Houston 77030, USA. margolin@utmmg.med.uth.tmc.edu
D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000032:analysis* / Q000502:physiology; D002455:Cell Division / Q000502:physiology; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins / Q000032:analysis* / Q000502:physiology; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins; D008164:Luminescent Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence / Q000379:methods
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; C071525:FtsZ protein, Bacteria; D008164:Luminescent Proteins; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins