Genus-Specific Interactions of Bacterial Chromosome Segregation Machinery Are Critical for Their Function
Most bacteria use the ParABS system to segregate their newly replicated chromosomes. The two protein components of this system from various bacterial species share their biochemical properties: ParB is a CTPase that binds specific centromere-like parS sequences to assemble a nucleoprotein complex, w...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2022-07-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Microbiology |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2022.928139/full |