title: Establishing polar identity in gram-negative rods.
abstract: In rod shaped bacteria, numerous cellular components are targeted to the cell poles, and such localization is often important for optimal function. In particular, recognition of poles is often linked to division site selection, chromosome segregation, chemotactic signaling, and motility. Recent advances in understanding polarity include identification of a Vibrio cholerae protein that mediates polar localization of a chromosome origin and chemotaxis clusters, as well as a downstream protein that contributes solely to localization of chemotaxis proteins. In Caulobacter crescentus, the molecular mechanisms by which polar determinants and effectors are localized, and the key roles for nucleotide-dependent switches, have been defined. Finally, roles for, and interactions between, factors that mediate environmentally determined polarity in Myxococcus xanthus have recently been characterized.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Brigham & Women's Hospital and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Harvard Medical School and HHMI, United States. Electronic address: bdavis@rics.bwh.harvard.edu.
authors.forename: Brigid M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: Matthew K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Waldor
mesh_terms: D016935:Caulobacter crescentus / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology*; D016764:Cell Polarity; D016941:Myxococcus xanthus / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology*; D014734:Vibrio cholerae / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology*
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