The cytoskeleton is a system of intracellular filaments crucial for cell shape, division, and
function in all three domains of life. The simple cytoskeletons of prokaryotes show surprising …

In prokaryotes, DNA can be segregated by three different types of cytoskeletal filaments. The
best-understood type of partitioning (par) locus encodes an actin homolog called ParM …

In most bacteria, cell division relies on the synthesis of new cell wall material by the
multiprotein divisome complex. Thus, at the core of the divisome are the transglycosylase …

In bacteria that divide by binary fission, cell division starts with the polymerization of the
tubulin homolog FtsZ at mid-cell to form a cell division scaffold (the Z ring), followed by …

Many canonical processes in molecular biology rely on the dynamic assembly of higher-
order nucleoprotein complexes. In bacteria, the assembly mechanism of ParABS, the …

Magnetotactic bacteria synthesize magnetosomes, which are unique organelles consisting
of membrane‐enclosed magnetite crystals. For magnetic orientation individual …

Bacteria, like eukaryotes, employ cytoskeletal elements to perform many functions, including
cell morphogenesis, cell division, DNA partitioning, and cell motility. They not only possess …

The basic features of the active filaments that use nucleotide hydrolysis to organise the
cytoplasm are remarkably similar in the majority of all cells and are either actin-like or tubulin …

The ParMRC plasmid partitioning apparatus is one of the best characterized systems for
bacterial DNA segregation. Bundles of actin-like filaments are used to push plasmids to …

To ensure their stable inheritance by daughter cells during cell division, bacterial low-copy-
number plasmids make simple DNA segregating machines that use an elongating protein …