Plasmid segregation: a new class of cytoskeletal proteins emerges.
The discovery that a plasmid-partitioning ATPase forms astral cytoskeletal structures both unveils a new family of cytoskeletal proteins and suggests that cytoskeletal involvement is a universal feature of DNA segregation.
Gitai
Zemer
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Princeton University, Department of Molecular Biology, NJ 08544, USA. zgitai@princeton.edu
D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000502:physiology*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D020090:Chromosome Segregation / Q000502:physiology; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins / Q000032:analysis* / Q000502:physiology; D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000502:physiology; D010957:Plasmids / Q000502:physiology*
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; C060971:SopA protein, Bacteria; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases