2016
Spatial organization shapes the turnover of a bacterial transcriptome
Moffitt JR, Pandey S, Boettiger AN, Wang S, Zhuang X. Spatial organization shapes the turnover of a bacterial transcriptome. ELife 2016, 5: e13065. PMID: 27198188, PMCID: PMC4874777, DOI: 10.7554/elife.13065.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBacterial transcriptomesSpatial organizationE. coli transcriptomeCo-translational insertionInner membrane proteinProtein mRNASignal recognition particlePost-transcriptional fatePost-transcriptional regulationSuper-resolution microscopyRNA degradosomePeriplasmic proteinsSignal peptideRNA sequencingTranscriptomeMembrane enrichmentSelective destabilizationMRNARNAProteinDegradosomeEukaryotesMembraneProkaryotesPowerful means
2013
Cell Shape Can Mediate the Spatial Organization of the Bacterial Cytoskeleton
Wang S, Wingreen NS. Cell Shape Can Mediate the Spatial Organization of the Bacterial Cytoskeleton. Biophysical Journal 2013, 104: 541-552. PMID: 23442905, PMCID: PMC3566457, DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2012.12.027.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBacterial cytoskeletonCell shapeCytoskeletal filamentsBacterial cytoskeletal proteinsRod-shaped cellsCytoskeletal proteinsCell wallCytoskeletal polymerizationCytoskeletonSpatial patterningMreBConformational transitionSpatial organizationFilament lengthSame membraneFilamentsMembraneFtsZSpatial patternsChemical energyFilament bendingProteinPatterningProper controlMicrofluidic approach