For over a decade, the actin-related protein 2/3 (ARP2/3) complex, a handful of nucleation-
promoting factors and formins were the only molecules known to directly nucleate actin …

During the life cycle of the filamentous bacteria Streptomyces, morphological differentiation
is closely integrated with fundamental growth and cell-cycle processes, as well as with truly …

The genome of Mycoplasma pneumoniae is among the smallest found in self-replicating
organisms. To study the basic principles of bacterial proteome organization, we used …

Cyanobacterial carbon fixation is a major component of the global carbon cycle. This
process requires the carboxysome, an organelle-like proteinaceous microcompartment that …

When the process of cell-fate determination is examined at single-cell resolution, it is often
observed that individual cells undergo different fates even when subject to identical …

The commonly used, monomeric EYFP enabled imaging of intracellular protein structures
beyond the optical resolution limit ('super-resolution'imaging) in living cells. By combining …

Since the elaboration of the central dogma of molecular biology, our understanding of cell
function and genome action has benefited from many radical discoveries. The discoveries …

Magnetosomes are specialized organelles for magnetic navigation that comprise membrane-
enveloped, nano-sized crystals of a magnetic iron mineral; they are formed by a diverse …

In spite of conspicuous differences in their polarized architecture, swimming unicellular
eukaryotes and migrating cells from metazoa display a conserved hierarchical interlocking …

Bacterial chromosomes are generally∼ 1000 times longer than the cells in which they
reside, and concurrent replication, segregation, and transcription/translation of this crowded …