Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 109, No. 41 (October 9, 2012), pp. 16522-16527 (6 pages) Bacterial plasmid partitioning systems segregate plasmids ...
The segregation of plasmid DNA typically requires three elements: a DNA centromere site, an NTPase, and a centromere-binding protein. Because of their simplicity, plasmid partition systems represent ...
Duke University researchers developed a modular platform for producing programmable and synthetic biomolecular condensates (non-membrane bound organelles) with tunable material properties for ...
HOUSTON - (Aug. 12, 2019) - Rice University scientists have found a way to engineer a new kind of cell differentiation in bacteria, inspired by a naturally occurring process in stem cells. They have ...
Although bacteria may form colonies and biofilms, they do not constitute multicellular lifeforms like, well, us. Bacteria lack the ability to coordinate the basics of multicellularity, which include ...
Scientists have found a way to make single-celled bacteria behave like stem cells, differentiating into genetically unique individuals as they divide. Rice University scientists have found a way to ...