title: Grasping at origins.
abstract: Chromosome segregation in the bacterium Caulobacter crescentus involves propulsion of the replication origin and its capture at one pole of the cell. Bowman et al. (2008) and Ebersbach et al. (2008) now report the discovery of a protein called PopZ that mediates this chromosome capture.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. kumaran@mcb.harvard.edu
authors.forename: Kumaran S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Ramamurthi
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Losick
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D016935:Caulobacter crescentus / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D002876:Chromosomes, Bacterial / Q000378:metabolism*; D004261:DNA Replication; D018741:Replication Origin
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins