Cell Polarity: ParA-logs Gather around the Hub

Kirkpatrick, Clare; Viollier, Patrick

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2012.10.053

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Cell Polarity: ParA-logs Gather around the Hub

ContributorsKirkpatrick, Clare; Viollier, Patrick

Published inCurrent biology, vol. 22, no. 24, p. R1055-1057

Publication date2012

Abstract

The chromosomal origin, chemotaxis arrays and flagellum of Vibrio cholerae congregate at the same pole of the cell. How? A recent study identifies a new pole-organizing protein, HubP, that recruits members of the ParA family of spatial regulators of subcellular structures to the pole.

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine fondamentale / Département de microbiologie et médecine moléculaire

Research groups

Régulation du cycle cellulaire dans C.crescentus, une bactérie asymétrique (895)

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KIRKPATRICK, Clare, VIOLLIER, Patrick. Cell Polarity: ParA-logs Gather around the Hub. In: Current biology, 2012, vol. 22, n° 24, p. R1055–1057. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.10.053

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PID : unige:24858
DOI : 10.1016/j.cub.2012.10.053
PMID : 23257194

Journal ISSN0960-9822

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Cell Polarity: ParA-logs Gather around the Hub

The chromosomal origin, chemotaxis arrays and flagellum of Vibrio cholerae congregate at the same pole of the cell. How? A recent study identifies a new pole-organizing protein, HubP, that recruits members of the ParA family of spatial regulators of subcellular structures to the pole.

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