2016
Replication fork passage drives asymmetric dynamics of a critical nucleoid‐associated protein in Caulobacter
Arias‐Cartin R, Dobihal GS, Campos M, Surovtsev IV, Parry B, Jacobs‐Wagner C. Replication fork passage drives asymmetric dynamics of a critical nucleoid‐associated protein in Caulobacter. The EMBO Journal 2016, 36: 301-318. PMID: 28011580, PMCID: PMC5286365, DOI: 10.15252/embj.201695513.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNucleoid-associated proteinsDNA replicationNovel nucleoid-associated proteinGene expressionReplication fork passageGlobal gene expressionCell cycle regulationDNA-binding activityCell cycle progressionChromosome dynamicsFork passageChromosome segregationPleiotropic defectsChromosomal biasCaulobacter crescentusAsymmetric localizationReplication forksCellular functionsCycle regulationGenomic techniquesQuantitative cell imagingCell divisionGapRCycle progressionCell cycle
2014
Evidence for a DNA-relay mechanism in ParABS-mediated chromosome segregation
Lim HC, Surovtsev IV, Beltran BG, Huang F, Bewersdorf J, Jacobs-Wagner C. Evidence for a DNA-relay mechanism in ParABS-mediated chromosome segregation. ELife 2014, 3: e02758. PMID: 24859756, PMCID: PMC4067530, DOI: 10.7554/elife.02758.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChromosome segregationPartition complexParA-like proteinBacterial chromosome segregationDNA-binding activityParABS systemCytoplasmic cargoCaulobacter crescentusDNA regionsBiochemical approachesIntracellular transportTranslocation forceCellular parametersChromosomesTransient tethersCrescentusParABSMajor roleSegregationComplexesMechanismProteinTranslocationConservationBacteria