The actin filament is astonishingly well conserved across a diverse set of eukaryotic species.
It has essentially remained unchanged in the billion years that separate yeast, Arabidopsis …

A critical requirement for mitosis is the distribution of genetic material to the two daughter
cells. The central player in this process is the macromolecular kinetochore structure, which …

Motility often plays a decisive role in the survival of species. Five systems of motility have
been studied in depth: those propelled by bacterial flagella, eukaryotic actin polymerization …

The stable maintenance of low‐copy‐number plasmids in bacteria is actively driven by
partition mechanisms that are responsible for the positioning of plasmids inside the cell …

Most, if not all, bacterial and archaeal cells contain at least one protein filament system.
Although these filament systems in some cases form structures that are very similar to …

In dividing cells, chromosome duplication once per generation must be coordinated with
faithful segregation of newly replicated chromosomes and with cell growth and division …

The F plasmid or F-factor is a large, 100-kbp, circular conjugative plasmid of Escherichia coli
and was originally described as a vector for horizontal gene transfer and gene …

Plasmids are self-replicating pieces of DNA typically bearing non-essential genes. Given
that plasmids represent a metabolic burden to the host, mechanisms ensuring plasmid …

Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is essential for mitochondrial and cellular function. In
Saccharomyces cerevisiae, mtDNA is organized in nucleoprotein structures termed …

Bacteria can evolve rapidly by acquiring new traits such as virulence, metabolic properties,
and most importantly, antimicrobial resistance, through horizontal gene transfer (HGT) …