The mechanism by which bacteria divide is not well understood. Cell division is mediated by
filaments of FtsZ and FtsA (FtsAZ) that recruit septal peptidoglycan-synthesizing enzymes to …

Type IV secretion systems (T4SSs) are multiprotein complexes that transport effector proteins
and protein–DNA complexes through bacterial membranes to the extracellular milieu or …

10.7554/eLife.32471.001 MreB is essential for rod shape in many bacteria. Membrane-associated
MreB filaments move around the rod circumference, helping to insert cell wall in the …

Many postdoctoral researchers apply for faculty positions knowing relatively little about the
hiring process or what is needed to secure a job offer. To address this lack of knowledge …

Cytoskeletal structures are dynamically remodeled with the aid of regulatory proteins. FtsZ (filamentation
temperature-sensitive Z) is the bacterial homolog of tubulin that polymerizes …

ComN (YrzD) is a small, 98-amino-acid protein recently shown to be involved in the
posttranscriptional control of the late competence comE operon in Bacillus subtilis . We show here …

One mechanism for achieving accurate placement of the cell division machinery is via Turing
patterns, where nonlinear molecular interactions spontaneously produce spatiotemporal …

The archaeal cytoplasmic membrane provides an anchor for many surface proteins. Recently,
a novel membrane anchoring mechanism involving a peptidase, archaeosortase A (ArtA), …

Since the identification of the archaeal domain in the mid-1970s, we have collected a great
deal of metagenomic, biochemical, and structural information from archaeal species. …

Across the domains of life, actin homologs are integral components of many essential
processes, such as DNA segregation, cell division, and cell shape determination. Archaeal …