By Staying Together, Two Genes Keep the Motor Running.
In this issue of Structure, Lynch et al. (2017) reveal that the interaction between two key proteins in the bacterial flagellar motor results in a shared structural domain. This unusual arrangement keeps the corresponding genes together through the course of evolution.
Computer Science and Mathematics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA; Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA. Electronic address: ijouline@utk.edu.
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