Now finally published as a Version of Record:
In @elife.bsky.social: Membrane binding controls the ATPase cycle and localization of MinD in Bacillus subtilis doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
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How do human cells defend against viruses?
@sgfern.bsky.social discovers that human immune proteins named ISGs target ancient features of replication shared between animal and bacterial viruses – opening analysis of human immunity to the power of bacterial genetics
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Update on GeneFrame alternative for bacterial imaging. After discussion with us and others, SunJin lab have how launched a substitute for timelapse imaging in geneframes www.sunjinlab.com/product/ispa...
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Dynamic relocalization of MinD in Bacillus subtilis arises from membrane binding of monomers and dimers with membrane-triggered ATP hydrolysis, suggesting MinE-like activators are unnecessary for Min ...
now published!!! @johninnescentre.bsky.social @leahmcphillips.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
Bacterial cell division protein FtsZ complexes with a phage protein to activate bacterial immunity
@natmicrobiol.nature.com from Michael Laub & Abel Garcia-Pino
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Sometimes ago Tom @tommclean.bsky.social uncovered a mechanism of bacterial gene regulation based on a clamp sliding and locking in a multi-drug resistance plasmid, RK2.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Bacterial transmembrane proteins usually localize inside the cell by "finding" a pre-localized protein, but how did the 1st protein get there? @vanipande.bsky.social found a protein in #B.subtilis that localizes by recognizing a *lipid* localization cue. #Microsky
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Helge Feddersen
Abstract. Low-copy-number plasmids often rely on dedicated maintenance mechanisms, such as partitioning systems, to ensure stable inheritance across genera
The activation of an antiphage defence system relies on host factors targeted by phages, a mechanism analogous to the way that eukaryotic innate immune systems detect pathogen-induced perturbations of...
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Structural and single-molecule analyses show the CTPase, KorB, is a sliding DNA clamp that interacts with a clamp-locking protein KorA to inhibit gene expression over distances of more than 1 kb in th...
42.1K Views. University of Groningen. This protocol provides a step-by-step procedure to monitor single cell behavior of different bacteria in time using automated fluorescence time-lapse microscopy....
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